Well, it is Monday morning, and the predictable happened over the weekend. Debt talks reached an impasse, and Republicans held their shameful line, insisting on cuts to the poor, sick, and elderly, and refusing to even talk about serious cuts to the crushing military budget.
Read more from Politico here.
Perhaps the most startling line from the article:
Core Pentagon spending would grow by $17 billion in 2012, even as the 11 remaining annual bills would be reduced about $45 billion altogether.
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