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Really interesting was hearing your story and then you talking about the sequester and your feeling about government spending and the first thing i wanted to know was when the sequester debate was happening, were you following it and did you think it would have an impact on your life? >> no. well, first of all, thanks for having me here. and i'd like to point out that while i think my car smells like failure, it's not because i work at a pizza place. it's because of the decisions i've made that have made, that's the failure that i've made is to put me in the spot that i'm in. where as the sequ...

Sequester debate was happening, were you following it and did you think it would have an impact on your life? >> no. well, first of all, thanks for having me here. and i'd like to point out that while i think my car smells like failure, it's not because i work at a pizza place. it's because of the decisions i've made that have made, that's the failure that i've made is to put me in the spot that i'm in. where as the sequestration certainly exacerbates the problem i've made for myself. however, no. to answer your question, directly, no. i didn't necessarily think like the politicians themselves...

Congressional committee recently compiled a list detailing more than $42 billion worth of wasteful spending and costly regulations. some highlights? how about taxpayer money funding the development of a dancing iphone with robots. snail sex research. and puppet shows for kids. what great idea. you can't make this stuff up, folks. that waste is enough to fund 45,000 years worth of white house tours. one of the first government functions that shut down during the sequester debate as you remember it joining me now to react from atlanta, republican stat gist loretta la poor and from los angeles, d...

The impact of those cuts, whether it was president obama's very dramatic press conference that he held with first-responders. whether it was having secretary of transportation ray lahood to the white house to brief about the potential impact of those cuts, they sold it as if the nation were going to fall into some sort of a catastrophe and even if there are these cuts, even if the cuts that you just described go into effect and have some impact, i think for most people the impact will be minimal if they notice it at all. bill: some democrats still argue that a lot of that is in the pipeline. y...

Get rid sports teams? you'll see immediate reductions in what children are able to have at schools and military bases. the whole state of virginia -- virginia will see a disproportionate share of the pain. if you are a state that has a lot of military sort of infrastructure, like colorado, so it's going to hit in a lot of places a lot harder than others, and i think for republicans it sounds like it's fine for the whole country and that it's fear mongering, but if you are a person that's losing one-fifth of your salary -- i have a lot of members for my family that work for the federal governme...