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Topic: Happy Sequester Week |
Happy Sequester Week
American Spectator, by Jed Babbin
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Posted By:Drive, 2/25/2013 9:38:10 AM
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| You made them do it. They’re angry about it. And if it happens on Friday, they’ll punish you for it. That’s the attitude around Washington. The “it” is the sequestration of about $85 billion in federal spending imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act. The $85 billion in cuts will have to be made in the remaining six months of FY 2013. About half will be cut from the Defense Department, the rest spread among other federal agencies. None of the cuts will affect overseas “contingency operations” such as Afghanistan.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/25/2013 9:44:37 AM (No. 9194751)
Let it happen. I will support denying money to the Feds no matter what they want to call it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 2/25/2013 12:01:11 PM (No. 9195074)
Good piece. Babbin is correct in that the only correct position by Republicans should be STOP THE GRAVY TRAIN. I am concerned that a back room deal is being worked out between the WH and Obama to lessen the pain. The Republican leadership needs to surprise us and show some guts.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 2/25/2013 12:48:46 PM (No. 9195197)
The sequester is a great idea because it puts the fear of Milton Friedman (Gawd of Economics)into them.
They have to make this hurt and do it in the most painful ways or we might just try it again.
Cutting government funding is great.
Using Jack Lew´s and Barky´s programs to do it........priceless.
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