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John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics

Nation writer John Nichols appears on Democracy Now! to discuss the myths and realities of the impending “sequestration.”

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February 26, 2013

On Friday, $85 billion in Congressional spending cuts, aka “the sequestration,” are set to take effect. As Nation writer John Nichols says, the austerity-mongers “are advocating for zombie ideas—ideas that have been slain by the voters, and frankly even by Congress, and yet they walk among us.” Nichols joins Democracy Now! to discuss the impending crisis and the billionaires driving it.

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