Does Sequestration Target Low-Income?

Sequestration cuts were never intended to be fair, well-reasoned pullbacks of bloated government agencies.

Sequestration cuts were never intended to be fair, well-reasoned pullbacks of bloated government agencies.

Rather, the proposed $1.2 trillion in cuts were crafted as a way to force members of Congress to forge a deal on long-term deficit reduction.

Now that a broader agreement appears unlikely to materialize, at least in the short-term, taxpayers are left trying to figure out how their services will be impacted and to what extent.

Critics of sequestration claim the policy measure not only takes a bludgeon to federal programs, when a scalpel would be more appropriate, but also unfairly targets low-income Americans.

NBC Bay Area spoke with school, housing and social services officials on the frontlines of crucial services to determine if the cuts are unfairly impacting the poor.

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