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In reply to the discussion: Why we lost the gun debate in the Senate, and why we'll keep losing it. [View all]ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Many of the posts here are overwhelming in their passion and deficient when it comes to facts. You cannot win without a factual based position, no matter what the spin or emotion. When you look at the facts, some of the current feel good stuff will fall by the wayside if there is integrity in the process.
A good example is what you said about the sequester. It ignores the CR issues which are in many ways more destructive than the basic cuts. Ask anyone who understands the Federal budget process. It also turns a blind eye to the fact the administration has considerable freedom on how to implement the cuts under the sequester. If FAA controllers and Meals on Wheels are being cut, its because the administration chose to do it that way. An example, it was announced this week that all DoD civilians will take a 14 day hit. The USN worked things so they did not have to do that to meet their numbers, but the new SECDEF (Hagel) is making every service take the same hit.