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Bitter for the gop to follow because of sledgehammer approach cutting all discretionary programs including defense. on the eve of its taking effect the president slammed plan his own team had crafted. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. >> reporter: today as we all know sequestration is the law of the land. the only budget-cutting mechanism that managed to block congress's access to the all-you-can-eat bar of government spending. >> sequestration is better than sliced bread. it i...

Here, is that each successive austerity fight has had less and less attention. this is the americans paying close attention to washington fiscal deadlines. now sequestration was down to 25% and it's kind of brain deadened all of us about what's actually happening. so if we're six months from now and the cuts come out and accelerate, what are you looking at? what does it mean in human term for the kids and families you serve? >> it could mean a shorter day for our children. less staff. which could mean we're affecting the children in the program and our staff members who rely on these jobs to y...

What it looks like from where you're standing. what i think is so perverse here, is that each successive austerity fight has had less and less attention. this is the americans paying close attention to washington fiscal deadlines. now sequestration was down to 25% and it's kind of brain deadened all of us about what's actually happening. so if we're six months from now and the cuts come out and accelerate, what are you looking at? what does it mean in human term for the kids and families you serve? >> it could mean a shorter day for our children. less staff. which could mean we're affecting th...

What i think is so perverse here, is that each successive austerity fight has had less and less attention. this is the americans paying close attention to washington fiscal deadlines. now sequestration was down to 25% and it's kind of brain deadened all of us about what's actually happening. so if we're six months from now and the cuts come out and accelerate, what are you looking at? what does it mean in human term for the kids and families you serve? >> it could mean a shorter day for our children. less staff. which could mean we're affecting the children in the program and our staff members...

Changed their mind. now sequestration, we might do it. >> i love when they bring this up during the hagel hearing and they talk about sequestration, and they go the witness and talking about what a disaster sequestration would be for the defense budget. if you just arrived from another country or mars you would be like who are the monsters who came up with the sequestration idea? who could have possibly voted for this thing? it is the people sitting that crafted it. >> the ironies speak like a birthday cake. unfortunately, we have to leave it there. we are out of time. >> can we kick the can? ...