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unhappycamper

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4. Sequestration was created to be painful when the Super Committee could not agree

Reply to 4Q2u2 (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:10 AM

Mar 2013

on where to cut $1.2 trillion dollars. (This is also known as kick-the-can-down-the-road.)

Republicans insisted on cuts to social programs while Democrats wanted more revenue from the 1%. Teabaggers just wanted to shut down government spending in any way possible.

It appears we will be having these austerity wars for a long time to come.

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Budget cuts to hit military school districts first [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

DOD Cuts 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #1

Well, 'defense' contractors have been extracting ever larger $$$ for 'stuff' for the last unhappycamper Mar 2013 #2

We knew 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #3

Sequestration was created to be painful when the Super Committee could not agree unhappycamper Mar 2013 #4

I also did read 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #5

Problem is that cutting any of those programs would not have an immediate financial effect. Angleae Mar 2013 #7

IMPACT AID is a HUGE deal--it puts a ton of money into local economies. MADem Mar 2013 #6