Lockheed Martin is flexing its power as a member of the Military Industrial Complex by threatening to issue layoff notices to 123,000 employees right before the election if the current sequestration law is not changed.
Link on Politico
In my opinion, this is nothing but blatant extortion. It is disgusting and vile but unfortunately I fear effective.
I'm sick about big business and the MIC using their considerable power and threats to scare the public and government to bend to their wishes.
When I was a teen and read George Orwell I thought his stories were cautionary tales and not an indictment of our future. I no longer believe this.