And any cuts now are a gift that keeps on giving, with helpful compounding effects in outyears unless they are erased or undone by future legislation (always a good bet, but the bird-in-the-hand rule should apply here).
His decision to take this birdinthehand may be seen as George Osborne placing quite a big bet that markets and economy are going to get worse before they get better.
After a dozen interviews--and still no job offer--Goldman put together an elaborate proposal and had it hand delivered by a man singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" inabird suit (the chicken suit was unavailable).