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In reply to the discussion: It’s Obvious That Democrats Did All the Compromising on The Budget Agreement [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)23. The Sequester was the default?
Really?
Refresh my memory please:
What is the origin of "The Sequester"?
Who first offered The Sequester as a solution?
HOW did "The Sequester" become "The Default"?
So the Sequester is just another SCAM too?
Have you noticed that NOBODY is responsible for cutting Social Programs these days? Through this latest clever scam, no politician must face the Home Voters and admit that they cut Meals-on-Wheels, Head Start, closed Libraries, or the myriad other "social" programs that help the Working Class & The Poor.
It is always "The Sequester" that is causing it.
When you think about it, this is BRILLIANT Political Strategy to lend Plausible Deniability for the cutting of Social Programs to everyone involved, Democrats and Republicans.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023612281
[font size=3]Its not OUR Fault!!!
The Sequester cut those programs![/font]
You will know them by their WORKS.
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It’s Obvious That Democrats Did All the Compromising on The Budget Agreement [View all]
Segami
Dec 2013
OP
That title is odd - As it's clear that there are lots of things Republicans didn't get
el_bryanto
Dec 2013
#1
Your daughter doesn't have the power to burn the house down if she doesn't get a cat
el_bryanto
Dec 2013
#5
The GOP got those drastic, unheard of cuts in 2011 thanks to Obama's blundering.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#17
No, they really want to spend less, a lot less, especially on programs that help people. nt
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#16
Republicans may not have gotten everything they wanted, but Dems got nothing but more sacrifice.
Scuba
Dec 2013
#3
Bingo! Another sideways stumble toward disaster that we're supposed to cheer for. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#28
obvious to all but the willfully blind - yes. But I suppose if you are being offered cancer and you
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2013
#14
this was a compromise budget and the GOP didn't get much of anything that they
beachbum bob
Dec 2013
#33