You might be tempted to think that with all of the apocalyptic talk coming out of Washington over the sequester due to kick in on Friday unless Congress passes some $85 billion in federal spending cuts, that people outside the Beltway would be freaking out a bit. But they are not. The financial markets are hitting high-water marks since 2010, and the prevailing opinion from top business leaders is that this is not the fiscal cliff. There is fat to trim at the federal level, and frankly, everybody is still too tired from the fiscal cliff fisticuffs to care about sequestration. Will they feel the same on Monday?
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