Tag: Defense spending
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My crystal ball on how the sequester will play out
Lots of pundits are puzzling through the politics of the federal sequester that began March 1, trying to figure out how long it will last and what the end game will be. If it were simply a matter of exercising common sense, it would have never occurred in the first place. Neither party claims it…
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But we actually NEED those government services
It’s hard to believe, but there are senators and congressional representatives who actually want to be in the Supercongress. The Supercongress (otherwise known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) was a creation of recent legislation signed into law to raise the federal debt ceiling. It will consist of twelve members, six from the…