Over at Downsizing the Federal Government, we focused on the following issues this past week:

• Dan Mitchell says that sequestration would be a small step in the right direction.
• The Senate vote on rural development subsidies symbolizes just how unserious most policymakers are when it comes to making specific spending cuts.
• Republican hypocrisy on energy subsidies.
• Government cost overruns: One reason to shift infrastructure financing to the private sector is that governments and their contractors often give taxpayers the shaft.
• The Military‐​Industrial Complex yells “jobs!” in a crowded federal budget.

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