"SEQUESTER" WAS ONLY A NEGOTIATING PLAN

Was the SEQUESTER a good idea? Republicans are blaming Democrats and Democrats are blaming Republicans. Both are blaming President Obama.  Under these circumstances, it is difficult to gain and understanding of the situation unless we do the obvious thing, which is to look at examine what actually happened. The Congress was at an impasse over the budget so the president suggested a negotiating position; there were two plans on the table, plan “A” and plan “B”. Congress would do neither. The president proposed something that they all could agree on, a plan “C”. The catch was that plan “C” was so intentionally asinine that both sides would agree it was bad and easily reject it. Plan “C” was the “Sequester”.

In negotiating, one has to find something both sides agree on. The president did this; he proposed something so outlandish they could safely come together in disagreement.  Both Democrats and Republicans, like the President, saw the Sequester as bad they agreed on a much watered down plan that would avoid going over the fiscal cliff. Avoiding the fiscal cliff with out destroying social programs was a great victory for Obama. What the President did not count on was that he was dealing with Republican ideologues, people who put Party over country. This is a serious charge so I feel obligated to put names on the congressional representatives I am talking about so the people in their districts can know who they are: Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, Jon Johnson, Marsh Blackburn, Michelle Bachman, Jim DeMint (resigned),  and James Sensenbrenner, to name a few. They were so incensed when they realized they had failed in their attempt to ruin all social programs that they decided to crash the entire economic system of the country and try to blame Obama for it. They are willing to trash the economic well being of the United States of America over their hate for Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, Obamacare, etc that they, like a Vietnam village, they are willing to destroy it, to protect their tax haven for the rich.  That is what the economic elite do. They are taking us over the cliff and Democrats cannot do anything about it. Remember, if you voted for them, you cannot take your votes back!

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