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The Sequester Debate and Its 5 Biggest Lies

By , Money Morning -

In a hurricane of contradictions there has been no shortage of whoppers told during the sequester debate.

Since political news is usually strategically written, placed and timed you can chalk it all up to politics as usual. Even seemingly off the cuff, innocent responses seldom are.

With that in mind here are five recent news reports where "the facts" have been spun to a point where they are simply untrue.

To counter, we've given you the "un-spun facts" you're entitled to as a taxpaying citizen.

Just don't expect this nonsense to ever end...it's what they do best.

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Sequester Circus Proves How Much Washington Hates America

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

Politics as usual has always been hard on the American people, but with the sequester, Washington has crossed the line this time.

All the sequester craziness has proven that our elected officials are not only inept, selfish, money-squandering bozos - they're also willing to actually inflict harm on the American people for political gain.

Virtually all of the problems created by the sequester, from the flight delays resulting from furloughed air traffic controllers to cancer clinics turning away Medicare patients could easily have been avoided.

But American citizens are suffering because Washington's warring factions - the Democrats and the Republicans - refuse to solve the nation's budget problems unless, like petulant toddlers, they can get their way.

A few Congressman - too few -- have called out their colleagues.

"What we're showing is our incompetence, or our downright disdain for the American public," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, said on the Fox Business program Varney & Co.

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