Sequestration so far ‘ain’t so bad’

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – Federal sequestration, it seems, has turned out a lot like the closing rounds of the bout between Rocky Balboa and Clubber Lang in the third installment of the “Rocky” movie franchise.

Lang, played by the inimitable but badly imitated Mr. T, is pummeling Rocky when the “Italian Stallion” does what he does best: takes punches.

“You ain’t so bad. You ain’t so bad,” Rocky shouts at the ferocious Lang after every explosive punch.

So it goes for the ferocious sequestration, the $85 billion in automatic budget cuts born through Congress’ inability to get the federal fiscal house in order.

As the Washington Post observed in late June, “Sequestration did hit, on March 1 … But it has not produced what the Obama administration predicted: widespread breakdowns in crucial government services.”

Case in point, the Department of Defense’s fearsome furloughs.

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