Congress is planning to cut the budget which means cuts for Tennessee. If congress slashes the state budget by as much as they are talking about, by 15 or 30%, then government agencies in Tennessee will have to make cuts themselves. Those cuts could mean that 5,000 employees will have to say goodbye to their jobs. That is a massive cut in today’s poor economy.

The potential cuts mean that the TennCare program could lose $2.2 billion dollars. The court system could lose $120,000, the commission on Children and Youth stand to lose $1.5-million, the Alcoholic Beverage Commission could be cut by $55,000, the Tennessee Housing Development Agency could lose $61-million and the Department of Agriculture in Tennessee would lose $3.3-million. Those are just a few of the many departments that may see a cut in funding next year if the federal government moves forward in the cuts they are talking about.