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Demeter

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21. Sequestration NIMBYism Grips GOP

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 04:42 AM

Mar 2013

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/sequestration-nimbyism-grips-gop.php

A strange sickness is afflicting congressional Republicans.

Unwilling to team up with Democrats to replace sequestration with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, and unable to pass a cuts-only sequestration measure on their own, Republicans’ official position is that they’ve made their peace with enduring, across-the-board spending cuts in perpetuity.

But now that those cuts are creating real consequences, individual members are experiencing buyer’s remorse. The only problem is, until they change their underlying position on replacing sequestration, the only thing they can do about it is whine...

AND WHINE THEY DO...SEE LINK

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