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Life on Capitol Hill is sort of a combination of Chicken Little and the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The sky has been falling for decades, eroding the ability of politicians and the media to distinguish between real and manufactured crises. Or, worse: facilitating efforts to blur that line. So when Politico says that Wall Street should be worried about the looming budget battle, there are a few reasons the financial sector isn't.

The reason the sky is-currently-and-will-still-be-falling next month is a confluence of economic decisions. The debt ceiling — the upper limit on the Treasury's borrowing ability — needs to be raised to meet the government's debts. A government funding measure needs to be renewed. There's the on-going effect of the across-the-board cuts from sequestration. It's possible that there will be debate over a new chair of the Federal Reserve. On top of all of this, a faction of conservative members of Congress are demanding that the government be shutdown if any funding measure includes money for the implementation of the Obamacare. (Including, for some reason, Marco Rubio.)

Politico, standing ringside, is the hype man for the fight. Noting a similar set of events in 2011, Politico assures us that "this time — wait for it — could be different. Really, seriously different." Really. Seriously. There's a wolf, we promise.

The House GOP is hopelessly fractured on spending strategy. Senate Republicans who might otherwise broker a deal face primary challenges that make compromise potentially deadly. Other Senate Republicans are jockeying for 2016. And congressional Democrats have no appetite for any bargain — grand or otherwise — that cuts entitlement spending.

The article is predicated on explaining why Wall Street, which isn't worried, should be. The financial sector's attitude is summarized at Business Insider. "Of course the street expects that everything will get resolved at the last second (like it always does)."