Sequester good first step, says former lawmaker

DAYTON-The doom and gloom about sequestration has some budget hawks and taxpayers arguing the long term impact of the cuts has been overblown.

Alan Mason, a retired postal worker visiting the federally funded aviation historical site in Dayton Friday, doesn’t believe the cuts are necessarily a bad thing. “$85 billion, America’s got that in their pocket. It shouldn’t be enough to disrupt anything,” said Mason. He’s been watching the political wheels in Washington turn very slowly. He believes taxpayers are suffering from fiscal cliff fatigue, and tuning out the D.C. drama. Mason agrees with former local state lawmaker Seth Morgan, a member of Americans for Prosperity. Morgan said sequestration is a good first step. “Anything that starts to reduce the $1.4 trillion deficit we run in Washington D.C. is something all Americans find to be successful,” said Morgan.