And those consequences are, IMHO, horrendous. The sequester, again IMHO, should be ended forthwith. Letting it fester is liable to sink the ship of state, or at least drain the economy that floats it.
So... what are those horrendous consequences? Pro Publica does a good job of explaining the sequester and outlining the disaster it is wreaking on our nation's economy.
Go. Read. It's worse than you imagine. It's cutting a lot more than the silly White House Easter egg hunt.
ASIDE: an old friend of mine since middle school, a generally sane conservative, has nonetheless said crazy things about the virtues of shutting down large portions of the federal government to save tax dollars. It looks as if he, along with the Tea Party dominated House of Representatives, has lived to see that wish come true, at least in part. My congratulations to them. On the other hand...
I hope they don't mind too much when their mothers' Social Security checks and Medicare payments start being cut. And I do wonder how their churches... my friend is very religious... will feel about cuts to, and even closures of, Head Start programs, not to mention Meals on Wheels programs with... wait for it... waiting lists. Yeah, that's real Christian charity, all right.
