> A cross-the-board stop/cut also neuters the pork-barreling and self-serving political advocacy that would kill more nuanced reductions. I doubt that in the l

> A cross-the-board stop/cut also neuters the pork-barreling and self-serving political advocacy that would kill more nuanced reductions. I doubt that in the long run. This is just a grab of control that will likely result in one set interested parties being replaced by another.