As the clock stuck Midnight on Friday morning, twitter users eagerly awaited the United States to turn into a pumpkin, the Internets to crash, or the world to explode as the horrid $82 billion sequester took effect. Of course, none of those things happened, leading to many amusing, over-the-top faux end-of-the-world tweets.
Although the sequester officially kicked in overnight, most of the cuts will not kick in for 30 days, giving Congress more time to come to a deal. If Congress and the President are still unable to agree on a way to avoid the sequester by the end of the month, federal agencies will have no choice but to start making cuts and issuing furloughs (unpaid days off for federal works).
