Sequester May Not Be Resolved Until April

Firedoglake writes, John Boehner, Barack Obama and Harry Reid Tomorrow budget sequestration begins. The “unthinkable” gun-put-to-head law that Congress passed to force itself to compromise has, not surprisingly, not lead to compromise. Instead it has lead to the gun going off and now a weak American economy will face austerity cuts, a program that has lead to further weakness in every economy it has been tried in. And now The Hill reports the sequester may not be resolved until April. The sequester is here to stay — at least for a while. Lawmakers and aides say they do not expect Congress to turn off budget…

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