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The Dagger at Defense
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 11:23
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It turns out that “budget sequestration,” portrayed as an evenhanded way to spur bipartisan negotiations over budget deficits, is actually a dagger aimed at defense spending. The president and other top administration officials have said the automatic spending cuts required by sequestration are “bad policy.” But they still support “sequestration” as a political tool instead of proposing needed changes that might fulfill its original purpose: pushing Democrats and Republicans into realistic budget negotiations. The whole sequestration process is something of a sham. Here's background for the 99.99 percent of Americans who aren't budget wonks.
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