WASHINGTON TOTALLY BROKEN - THE SEQUESTER STARTS UNAVERTED BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS.............

Starting 2013, by allowing the American Federal Government to slide into a going over the Fiscal Cliff predicament, breaking passing a compromise bill staving it off and limping into another round of financial intransigence and fresh fiscal deadline crisis, in the opening days of the year  in January; the partisanship and boiler plate back and forth between the Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the President in the White House, have squandered yet another two months squabbling and squandering valuable time in addressing and  offsetting, if not eliminating the Sequestration, all of them agreed to set up two and a half years ago.  Thus we are now forced as a nation to take a hit of across the board cuts in the slow of growth to all Federal spending, which is projected to cut 750,000 jobs as well as affect vital services to vulnerable persons as well as the general citizenry.  An unwillingness to actually talk and negotiate an agreement instead of issuing further talking points and protecting partisan positions on spending, taxes, and reaching a meaningful resolution that is more than a stopgap, kick the can further down the road and punt, politically convenient approach to governing, that points fingers for blame, rather than passing and enacting productive legislation, has permanently infiltrated and totally broken down the effectiveness of our Government.  Congress and the White House, need to put their responsibilities for the common good of our Economy and its recovery and stability going forward and the common good of the citizens they are elected to office to  represent and serve, and the will of the majority of Americans to find a consensus between spending and revenues, between providing essential programs and services, while responsibly and fiscally cutting the federal deficit and the national debt.  Not gambling with our fiscal integrity and governmental stability, by choosing to play only on the precipice of  a crashing crisis and political posturing, and do what they are there to do :  sensibly and continuously GOVERN.............Fr.  Troy