Sequester Doesn’t Really Scare Americans

Firedoglake writes, United States Capitol We have the Washington that cried wolf. After being told more than a half dozen times that the sky was about to fall if Congress didn’t act, the American people have become pretty jaded by the dire warnings of our elected officials. A new poll from NBC/WSJ found that while Americans think the sequester is a bad idea, they are not particularly scared of it. Overwhelmingly people acknowledge that poorly designed across the board cuts are stupid. Only 25 percent of the public think the sequester is a good idea while 52 percent think it is a bad idea. Even though Americans…

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