Scott Rasmussen: Sequester puts elected Washington on trial

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There’s a panic bubbling to the surface in Washington, D.C.

It’s being brought about by the so-called sequester, scheduled to take effect next Friday, March 1. The sequester, a series of automatic across-the-board spending reductions, is a gimmick the politicians came up with in 2011 to force themselves to reach some kind of long-term deficit-reduction deal.

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