I will point this out....this suggested furlough deal of 22 days between April and 1 October....is likely only phase one. The same issue starts up on the new fiscal year, and another 22 days of furlough likely by January of 2014. Same for 2015, and 2016.
The Republicans have figured out the President’s plan and simply allowed him to walk as far out on the plank as possible. The President woke up this past week and suggested that even a minor deal was now possible. I don’t think you will see anything offered that would be agreeable.
It is the absolute expectation of four years of screwed-up government budgets that will occur, and the legacy for President Obama will likely center on this four-year span. Don’t expect any real deployments or reactions to any hostile threat. I think the best description here....is that the President has become the CEO of K-Mart, and runs an almost bankrupt nation on a daily basis, with no real plan for a better outcome.
Until there’s a budget, there will be no more spending. Pretty straight forward. Also, I would ad that the continuing resolution be taken out of law. It is a cowards play.