Remember What I Told You About the Supercommittee's Ultimate End?

Well, it's coming to fruition in this article--they're deadlocked, and it's only October (well, almost November).

Nobody wants to be the bad guy who makes the tough cuts, or makes the tough tax hikes. Result? Stalemate. Deadlock. This is what they wanted all along--now there's nobody to blame, because the AUTOMATIC CUTS SYSTEM is gonna do the dirty work for them!