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Sequester for dummies

Gail Collins

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 | 2 a.m.

You’ve been having a tough year, Concerned Citizen. You keep waiting for Congress to take up immigration or guns — something you have an opinion about. All you get are arcane budget fights. Unless you live in the Beltway, it’s hard to build a dinner party around sequestration gossip. But here we are. Sequester, sequester, sequester. Coming March 1. Ask me anything: Did you know one of the most popular TV shows in Norway was about firewood? Maybe you should have this discussion with a Norwegian. According to Sarah Lyall of The New York Times, the book “Solid Wood: All ...

Gail Collins is a columnist for The New York Times.

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By CarmineD (Carmine DiFazio)

Feb. 26, 2013

5:33 a.m.

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The best thing, not the worst, that Americans can hope for is that after March 1, the sequester will have absolutely no impact on the country.

The government running out of money on March 27, if the Continuing Resolution is not extended, and the debt ceiling expiration on May 1 are other and different stories. These will have negative effects. The problem is that most Americans including our fearless leaders can't distinguish which is responsible for what. It is all a blur to them and us.

So, get ready. Hold on. It's going to be a rough ride.

CarmineD