The problems with a poison pill is that sometimes it turns out we all end up having to actually take it. Also known as, "Never assume the GOP (and, to a lesser degree, the Dems) in Congress would never let something awful happen in order to score political points."
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Via Ben Walsh at Counterparties who comments "Congress is about to do what it does best: hurt the economy by failing to do its job"
Budget Cuts May Stall Economic Growth
The cuts could reduce growth by about one-half of a percentage point in 2013, according to a range of government and private forecasters.
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