What is really, really, really important in the US?

A $1.1 trillion spending bill that will “fully restore cuts to Head Start, partially restore cuts to medical research and job training programs, and finance new programs to combat sexual assault in the military.” Oh, the bill also gives “all federal workers a 1 percent raise.”

That is a spending bill. That is not a budget. Which is easier to do, work on a budget, or nail together something that doles out $1.1 TRILLION for the remainder of the fiscal year? That’s eight months and a couple of weeks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/members-of-congress-to-unveil-massive-spending-bill-in-bipartisan-compromise/2014/01/13/71db3a8c-7c9e-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html?hpid=z1

At www.ace.mu.nu