The Republicans should simply respond with their own made-up tales of woe.
Free-range chickens might no longer be allowed to roam as widely, and, chickens raised in cages will be confined to even smaller cages.
Major league baseball might have to shorten their games to only eight innings. Did you know that?
The Daytona 500 might have to be shortened to the Daytona 425.
“V8”, the vegetable beverage might become simply “V7”.
Likewise, “7uP”, the drink, might need to be changed to “Six Up”. What would the impact be on the soft drink industry?
The band “Nine Inch Nails” might have to change their name to “Eight Inch Brads”. That would suck, big time.
And for malt liquor drinkers, the news is somber indeed, Colt 45 might have to change to Colt 42, and “Olde English 800” would probably have to go to Olde English 700”.
I guess the AR-47-seeking dems won’t be too phased that sequester means they’ll have to settle for downsized AR-4’s