BEAUFORT, S.C. -
Bob Cannon likes what Beaufort
has to offer, but as an employee of the Department of Defense, furloughs through
sequestration are going to cut into his budget, leaving him little money for
the fun stuff.
"The first thing you
look at is, where are we going to spend that money?," Cannon said. "So my wife and I won't go out to dinner as
much, we won't go out to Walmart, that's where you're going to find the money
is your entertainment fund," he said.
Cannon is one of about a
thousand in this area who could lose around 20-25 percent of their pay for 22
weeks through a one-day-a-week furlough.
Earlier this week, the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, which has 600
civilian employees, expressed they operate as a team and are keeping their
civilian workers informed of any info they get.
While Cannon, who won't disclose where he works, feels this furlough is
inevitable, he's believes there is another solution.
"We have elected
officials in congress and we put them there to participate in the best interest
of the public," Cannon said. "What they
need to do is go to the bargaining table, hammer out a budget that we haven't
had for a while, all this sequestration and furlough business will be
done."
Cannon is part of the American
Federation of Government Employees.
Earlier this week, he and 50 others met in Beaufort
about how this sequestration will impact them.
