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“link to the bill”

Thanks for that link.

I see that it is a report, not legislation. It starts by explaining that the sequestrations were never intended to be implemented because iff it were there would be dire consequences, but the consequences aren’t explained.

The report is 394 pages long, mostly an itemization of the agencies to receive cuts. Looks like cuts of 8-10 percent for everything mentioned. Doesn’t sound unreasonable to me.

Does the report say how the cuts will be phased in? I’ll bet the phasing in can be postponed per politicians’ wishes. Someone said that the tax increases can be delayed because the President or someone controls when withholding amounts from our paychecks are changed.

The point men in the conflict have been Bohner and the President. Behind them are the elected representatives, who those point men must convince. Behind the elected representatives are the citizens who elected them.

As far as I’m concerned the citizens are in control of the conflict. My reservation here is that we citizens, including me, don’t know enough.

I’m a conservative that once liked “Plan B” but the inability to pass it has inspired me that conservatives around the country still are a major political force.

As posters have said before, financial legislation needs to be mostly about cutting government spending, not the quibble over the “millionaire tax”. I’m disgusted that Obama, Bohner and the others have not tried harder to explain to we citizens the need for spending containment.