You changed the channel, you clicked away from the headlines, and you tried to ignore it. But the sequester can no longer be avoided. On March i, the latest dysfunctional deadlock in Washington will trigger $85 billion in automatic cuts to federal spending over the next seven months, a reduction of about 2.4%. Pretty much anyone in any position of authority-Democrat or Republican-agreed this was a terrible idea when the law was written in 2011.
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