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Sequestration. you heard the secretary say this is real disruption because they have to cut a billion dollars. >> the president, you heard right, compared the president to lincoln. we need real leadership here. the president has to stand up to the plight. if he really thinks this will devastate the military, air traffic control, really devastate meat inspection, they rolled out great political theater, cutting 3% of the budget can cause all these consequences, here is a chance to say here is how...

Exchange for what the president was insisting on, an agreement that the nations debt ceiling would be increased for 18 months, so obama would not have to go through another such negotiation in 2012 when he was run for re-election. when the president asked a substitute for sequester include not just spending cuts but also new revenue, he is moving the goalpost. his call for a balanced approach is reasonable and he makes a strong case that those in the top income brackets could and should pay more...

Cutting a program thats started yet, just delay -- >> governor patrick, im looking at our sheet here. more than 60,000 cuts with the department of defense and non-department of defense in your state alone, job losses because of sequestration. >> this is about growth, always about growth from the presidents perspective and ought to be about growth from the american peoples perspective and all of our point of view. government has a role to play in that. the president understands that. ive listened...

Up a bit, even if its a clumsy way of doing it with the sequester. >> look, this is not your fathers faa. this is faa that has to meet certain contract obligations with our controllers. we know that air travel is back at a par prior to 9/11. we know a lot of people are flying. were not making this up, david. were not making this up in order to put pain on the american people. we are required to cut a billion dollars, and were going to do that unless congress gets together and works together and ...

Raising the ceiling, he proposed he signed in this law, this $85 billion cut. he already has over $600 billion in new revenues. hes already had over $600 billion in increased spending. we are for a balanced approach. weve had more than enough revenues, more than enough growth in government spending. now is the time to start shrinking our spending so we can grow private sector economy, not the government. >> first of all, this isnt about whether there are or are not cuts. the presidents plan has ...

You cant make certain cuts so they become more drastic. in this situation they could have made more long-term. they have multiple deadlines, as we all know. what people in congress are talking about, how to combine them. how do you combine the sequester with the budget battle coming up, with the debt ceiling fight thats going to come back again. how do you add those together so you come up with a larger deal. >> the washington dimension is striking, too. now you have bob woodward of the "washing...

Number one agenda is to slow down the recovery of our economy. that needs to be called out. it is a fact that sequester is going to have an impact, particularly on education in our state and i think also in louisiana. its going to have an impact on innovation investments. its going to have an impact on infrastructure investments. those three things have been formula for our growing in massachusetts faster than growth rate, coming out of recession faster than other states. its a winning formula f...

Leaders -- the idea the president hasnt reached out is just not true, not factual. hes reached out. hes talked to republican leaders. hes put a plan on the table. now its the congresss opportunity this week, as they come back from listening to their constituents about all the hurt thats going to be taking place in the country as a result of this sequester. i believe these members of congress will push their leaders to say lets fix this before friday. >> fair enough. as the chief executive, does ...

I will say this. we will never compromise on safety. people are going to be safe flying. >> here is the reality. this is 2% of your budget. a billion dollars is a lot of money to anybody, right. but relative to the federal budget, its relatively small. why, instead of worrying about dire consequences arent you and your managers coming up with the best way to make these cuts that protect essential services. >> we are going to protect essential services and were going to look at all of our contrac...

Is more important and appropriate. >> look at the polling, governor jindal. the white house point is the president campaigned on his theory of the case for economic growth, for fiscal balance. it included more revenues, some of which came as a result of the fiscal cliff fight. now hes talking about closing additional loopholes. john boehner himself, the speaker of the house, said this would hurt national security to let the sequester go forward. why not agree to additional revenues for cuts. >> ...