Why sequestration needs to happen

The GOP in Congress has already lost three rounds of the fight for a balanced budget.

In December they agreed to raise taxes with no "quid pro quo". This year, they agreed to suspend the debt ceiling and finally delayed the sequestration until March. Unfortunately, as is usually the case with President Obama, the Republicans got nothing in exchange for compromising their fiscal principles.

In round four, they are now being ask to eliminate the sequestration cuts, to once again kick the can down the road and address this serious matter later in the year.

Unfortunately the strategy of kicking the can down the road does not solve our deficit problem. In fact it make matters much worst. America would be in a much better bargaining position if the Republicans allowed the sequester cuts to occur.

It's easier for elected officials to add spending than to cut spending. After the cuts occur, let Obama convince Americans that we need to increase the deficit. That is a much more difficult burden when the federal government has just had $4 trillion deficits and no fiscal balance in sight.

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