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this kind of nonsense is what people want to prevent the federal government from doing...bring on the sequester!

• tzs 14y ago
  If this is the kind of nonsense you want to stop, that approach is ineffective to the point of idiocy.
  • crusso 14y ago
    Since the sequester is really just a reduction of an increase and not really a cut, how is it ineffective? Seems like it's the only thing that even kind of looks like a cut that might go into effect in our lifetimes. Funny how the Feds were fine with a 2% increase in payroll taxes for consumers but a 2% cut in the increase of their budget is going to bring on Armageddon.
    • pekk 14y ago
      I don't understand why people speak so fondly of things like education cuts. Reducing the absolute size of the budget and increasing revenue are both important for continuing to reduce the deficit. But almost every real problem with government is caused by the relative allocations of funds and how departments are managed, not the mere existence of funding for things like education or public health.
    • tzs 14y ago
      > Since the sequester is really just a reduction of an increase and not really a cut, how is it ineffective? It may just be a reduction of an increase if you look at the TOTAL Federal budget, but for many individual agencies it is an actual deep cut to their budgets.