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What we have to decide how much were going to spend for the rest of the year. and there is no point in going through the charade for 26 or 27 days when we have to make the same decision a few weeks later. >> so the genesis of all this, bob woodward has this through piece in "the washington post," he writes then omb director jack liu and ron nabors came up with the sequester. he has the exact time and date they pitched it to harry reid. 2:30 on july 27, 2011. is the president guilty of not lettin...

This the presidents sequester, as you know. however, id like you to listen to his thoughts on sequestration from a few years ago. take a listen. >> we want to make sure we put a system in place with binding caps that are tough to circumvent that are backed up with sequesters so congress actually makes the tough choices. >> this from the same man who says its the presidents sequester. can you explain that, mr. gribs? >> i cant explain it and i doubt paul ryan can either. i think again their rheto...

Bloomberg view and the author of "money and power." so, bill, as greg sergeant in "the washington post" points out, i will read you his fine writing. this finding is directly relevant to the current debate because the president and democrats want to offset the sequester in part by closing loopholes enjoyed by the wealthy, such as the one that keeps tax rates on capital gains and dividends low. now, closing loopholes is a fair way to do this. but if it would also help stop the decline of the midd...

Diminishes economic growth. >> if they think its boll she vic they better trotz ski their way over to a better understanding. the inequality in america threatens the national security. literally. because what we havent talked about so far, martin, besides the excellent point you made is this will gut the military. the sequester goes into effect and the borders of this country will obviously be much more vulnerable. >> professor michael eric dyson, bill cohen, thank you, gentlemen, both. as we ta...

Think. >> right. weve had an election where we had a bigger turnout than wed had four years ago that came out to say we wanted to stop the insanity of some of these policies. and as you mentioned earlier, republicans spent the last two weeks trying to mount a campaign to have the blame for sequester be put off on the president rather than on themselves. it didnt work in the polling. the public isnt buying it. its not that the public is apathetic, martin. its just that theyre a whole lot smarter ...

But, robert, isnt this the republican rampage against government, not through the ballot box because, of course, they lost the presidential election, but through the excuse of the sequester? >> look, i think in some ways it is. there are certainly programs that you enumerated there that they would be happy to watch any federal funding squeezed off of. i do think if you again look at their rhetoric from last fall around whats going to happen to military readiness and national security, they were ...

But the revenue should be used to lower rate across the board. tax reform is a once in a general race opportunity to lose job creation in america. it should not be squandered to enable more washington spendal. spending is the problem and must be the focus. he continues, washington democrats newfoundbe concern about the presidents sequester is appreciated. the words alope wont avert it. replacing the sequester will require a plan to cut spending to put us on the path to a budget that is balanced ...

Trust in the presidents willingness to cut spending at all. he had 18 months to lead us and he hasnt. the fact of the matter is that we have tools to avoid the kind of thing we are talking about if congress will sit down and the perhaps ar republican repue willing to grant the democratic president the flexibility to make the cuts in the way he determines and he desires. >> there is movement behind the scenes on this. i think some of the democrats have gone to the white house and said now wait a ...

Flexibility for the president and the administration to move money around between accounts to accounts. you have a ship building account at dod that is says spend out for the next five years. allow them to take the money and put it into maintenance and operation to keep the fitness of current services. lets be honest about this. a bad idea fifthed upon us by the president of the united states who has had 18 months to lead the country in a way that we could make smart cuts and not stupid cuts. we...

The world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism. courts are not military commanders. the commander in chief has the right under law and authorization to use military force to designate the enemy. i think we do need drones to patrol our borders but i dont think you need a drone to attack an al-qaeda operative within the united states. i very believe we are at war and any american citizen mo aids al-qaeda should be treated as a criminal combatant. drones are just a tac...