Don't fall for the GOP's bullshit.
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The latest semantic spin is to call the looming $1.2 trillion in cuts, which could throw the whole economy back into recession, ?Obama?s Sequester.? House Speaker John Boehner indulged this approach half a dozen times in a floor speech before he went on break, establishing its place in the talking-points firmament.
There are a couple problems with this tactic, as my colleague Michael Tomasky pointed out Tuesday. Congress passed sequestration before the president signed it, and the whole self-defeating exercise was carried out in response to Tea Party Republicans? insistence that we play chicken with the debt ceiling, which ultimately cost America its AAA credit rating.
But here?s the thing. I happened to come across an old email that throws cold water on House Republicans? attempts to call this ?Obama?s Sequester.? ...
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...after-all.html
