re: #293 sattv4u2

It was answered months ago. In fact, it was answered with the Budget Control Agreement of 2011.

Congress determined that the sequester was the option chosen when the supercommittee failed to broker a compromise deal. Congress continued to choose the sequester by failing to produce an alternative compromise thereafter - and it could have rewritten the law to further delay its imposition or repeal it altogether. Congress did extend the delay for 3 months, so that it didn’t take effect on January 1.

That tells you that Congress had already made its mind up to see the cuts happen and to play russian roulette with the economy as a result of a policy spat over the size and scope of the spending cuts and a refusal to consider new tax revenue to offset (the preferred option of Democrats and a majority of the nation).