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Sequestration Was A Dud

Mike

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Well, it’s Washington Post official: the sequestration wasn’t all that bad after all. In fact, you could classify it as a dud, according to none other than Ezra Klein, a favored pet pundit of many a liberal MSNBC panel.

In a June 30 item at his Wonkblog, Klein concluded that the experts were “mostly wrong” concerning the impact of the cuts. At the same time, conservatives saw from the beginning that the actual amount of cutbacks, which was only $44 billion, would have a de minimis impact on the economy. However, government spending increased over the past year, just at a lower rate of growth than originally planned, so in real terms, there were no real cuts to speak of in real terms.



Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs#ixzz2Xq8Fepan
 

Steve

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Thanks to Obama still wanting to punish Americans with the most pain,.. many US military installations 4th celebration fireworks will be duds as well..



Several Military Bases Cancel 4th Of July Fireworks Due To Sequestration

Several military bases have cancelled their Fourth of July fireworks displays because of budget cuts due to sequestration.

The Associated Press reports Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina, Fort Bragg Army Base (also in North Carolina), the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Georgia, Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst have all cancelled their Independence Day fireworks celebrations.
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve said:
Thanks to Obama still wanting to punish Americans with the most pain,.. many US military installations 4th celebration fireworks will be duds as well..



Several Military Bases Cancel 4th Of July Fireworks Due To Sequestration

Several military bases have cancelled their Fourth of July fireworks displays because of budget cuts due to sequestration.

The Associated Press reports Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina, Fort Bragg Army Base (also in North Carolina), the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Georgia, Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst have all cancelled their Independence Day fireworks celebrations.


Will he and the family still be in Africa, for some sort of celebration, in his own Country?
 
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