Believe it or not, there are some people who think that this sequestration idea was proposed by the White House.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > If true, this is a good storyline: As the Sequester approaches, and > Republicans finally get to slash the federal budget, half of them are sane > enough to realize they look like idiots and the other half are too stupid to > know they *are* idiots. Meanwhile, Democrats appear as responsible adults > telling the GOP, "No, we are not going to fix your mess." This is Lawrence > O'Donnell's take on the Sequester. > > I'm skeptical. Simpson-Boles awaits in the wings so I suspect one way or > another we'er going down the path of austerity. Either way, according to > Krugman, austerity will only make the economy worse. Now that Obama has the > GOP on the Sequester ropes, bets on that we'll see another eleventh hour > "fiscal cliff" drama play out so that Obama gets to be a hero striking the > Grand Bargain (that he wanted all along) when he pulls the Simpson-Boles > rabbit out of the hat. Smart politics, yes, but very dumb for the country. > Here's the article and O'Donnell video: > > "Obama has nothing to lose in the sequester negotiations. He gave the GOP > everything they asked for, and have been asking for in their rhetoric for > years. You ask an average Republican voter, they demand to slash government > spending. The Sequester is just what they've been asking for, and now they > are fighting it tooth and nail." > > http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/26/the-sequester-how-obama-outfoxed-the-entire-gop-leadership-video/ >
