Vital Government Agency

If we spend more this year than last, how is that a spending "cut?"

The Sequester reduces the expected growth slightly but government will still spend more than the year before. Obama and Democrats have complete control over how those cuts are implemented.

For the next 2 years it looks like "Blaming Bush" will take a backseat to "Blaming Evil Republicans and Their Sequester" - even though the Sequester is an Obama concoction.

So... fire cops and teachers but fund Egypt, art and navel lint research.

Elections matter.