Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Obama Faces Political Risks in Emphasizing Effects of Spending Cuts

Despite extensive warnings from the Obama administration over the effects of sequestration budget cuts on air traffic control staff, the practical impact of layoffs at the Federal Aviation Administration is likely to be minor, according to airport

So here, several days in, are 10 of the Most Striking Sequestration Cartoons so far. And all the usual caveat language applies: Featuring a cartoon here is not an endorsement of its political position or views — blah blah blah — but rather is meant

What is startling, and it goes to the hubris of America's most wealthy at the heart of the current sequester impasse, is that he thinks the more than $1 billion he and eight other private equity executives got in compensation last year should continue

By the time sequestration kicked in on Friday, Americans enjoyed business as usual. Then NBC's late-night comedy show opened on Saturday with actor Jay Pharoah mimicking the president at the podium of the White House press briefing room.

What is startling, and it goes to the hubris of America's most wealthy at the heart of the current sequester impasse, is that he thinks the more than $1 billion he and eight other private equity executives got in compensation last year should continue

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