Punitive cuts instead of productive ones

The long-awaited sequester is upon us. As of this writing, it appears that Congress and the President will let the long dreaded spending cuts go into effect.

The administration is predicting dire consequences if the automatic national spending cuts of $65 billion take place, but has done little to avoid them. The Republicans are now saying that letting the sequester occur will not be as bad as previously thought.

Sixty percent of the nation says that this is ridiculous and that compromise between the parties should have been reached.

The cuts amount to about three percent of the national budge...