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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 11:05 pm
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For all the squealing going on, you'd think the pigs were about to be slaughtered... but really it's just a whole lot of noise over them not even liking the idea of a diet. And by diet, I mean not having a Twinkie at the end of a dinner consisting of 6 Super Size Big Mac meals.

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Federal Government Expenditures
2003	 		$2,157bn 
2004	 		$2,293bn 
2005	 		$2,472bn 
2006	 		$2,660bn 
2007	 		$2,730bn 
2008	 		$2,900bn 
2009	 		$3,518bn 
2010	 		$3,721bn 
2011	 		$3,630bn 
2012	 		$3,796bn 

2013 (no cuts)		$3,803bn
2013 (sequester)	$3,718bn
And March 1 is going to be the end of the world? Come on... life will go on as normal. Lines won't be longer unless the TSOs drag their feet.
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