Ivan Potter, West Kentucky Journal
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:55 pm

 The PEW foundation has made a study of potential fiscal impacts by state from a long term sequestration of federal spending in 2013. 

Their figures for Kentucky  are listed below based upon 2010 data.

Federal grants subject to sequestration by a percentage

of state revenue (2010)…………………………………….       6.8 %     6.6 % 

Federal spending on procurement, salaries, and wages

as a percentage of state GDP (2010)……………………….   9.9 %   5.5 %

Federal defense spending on procurement, salaries,

wages as a percentage of state GDP (2010)……………      8.0 %   3.5 %

Federal non-defense spending on procurement, salaries,

wages as a percentage of state GDP (2010)…………          1.9 %   1.8 %