Embarrassment by any other name....

Once upon a time in America it seemed, that our leaders had more ethics, integrity and were more honorable. Perhaps , it was just a sign of the times and they were able to hide most of their illegal maneuvers and inequities , as they did not have the internet and the access that it provides to the electorate. Today we as American's find ourselves only days away from what may or may not be one of the biggest mistakes made in our name as American's. Sequester, it was voted on by all of the House and Senate members as a way to keep a fire burning under the negotiations over the deficit reductions some nineteen months ago. At the first of the year, there was another negotiation, as both parties had failed to work out a compromise and now with the clock running down once again they settled for a quick fix , to give themselves a little more time. It's due now: Name calling and finger-pointing and of course the blame game. It's not my fault we did everything in our power to avoid this from happening came the chours from both sides. At last both side have agreed to do one thing , Nothing. It appears that in a few days we will once again be confronted with this man made obstacle on the road to deficit reduction, which will lead to many people losing their jobs. Many Federal workers will be furloughed and many organizations that rely on the federal Government will see their reimbursements slowed as of a result of such inaction. The American people are only on the hook for some 85 billion dollars this year , thanks in part for the year being partly over and for the fact that our politician's did find some 29 billion dollars of cuts during the deal made at the first of the year. Will there be a trickle down effect on the rest of the economy? There is hardly any way that there can not be a huge impact on every sector of our economy as well as the worlds economy. Why then are we still playing the games. A ten percent actual reduction across the board on all programs is not going to ruin the plans of any of the many programs , as most can easily find those kinds of reductions. But there needs to be reductions, crying about losing the rate of gain that was expected is for another time and place.