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Year? >> that's right. i mean, one of the problems with the sequester cuts, those forced budget cuts was you know, they were never supposed to happen. they were supposed to be so draconian, so onerous and horrific there's no way they would ever take effect. that's how they were designed. of course, they did take effect. now there are spending cuts but there's a lot more flexibility. they're not as deep. and there are ways for people in decision making it positions to decide what gets cut and what does not get cut. so there is a big sigh of relief from those who do not want those draconian cuts...

Actually waiting to deal. they set up the previous year, attempting to execute the plan to extort unilateral concessions. that's what boehner wanted to do with the debt ceiling and ted cruz with the government shutdown. that failed. a disarray. they're on the backup plan. the backup plan is a small deal. i think they're going to try to lift sequestration cuts. automatic cuts to the, to the nonmandatory spending programs. for a year, maybe two, probably one year. and just fry to cobble together a small package. stop hurting the economy as much as they have been doing. so, by recent standard thi...

We agree default is disruptive and should not be on the table. the debt problems are much more long term. these are structural problems with our entitlements and other spending programs that's driving our debt and deficit. those will take some time to hammer out which is why in 2011 you saw the two side try to do a grand bargain. the president won, he got his way on the fiscal cliff and sequestration. john boehner has said if we are going to solve this problem let's get both people at the table talking. the president refused to do so. >> democrats have agreed to stay sat see cress traition lev...

Touched or addressed is in fact, the majority of the budget that is in the large so-called mandatory spending programs. the medicare, medicaid, farm subsidies. that has to be the focus of a budget negotiation. and i think conservatives on the whole would be quite pleased to trade a dollar of sequester cuts for a dollar of reforms. that deal has never actually been put on the table, and if it would just -- >> there have been deals put on the table at basically three or four different junctures, in which the white house has desperately wanted to do something. i think the problems should be dealt...

Numbers turned bad again because the one thing that has not been touched or addressed is in fact, the majority of the budget that is in the large so-called mandatory spending programs. the medicare, medicaid, farm subsidies. that has to be the focus of a budget negotiation. and i think conservatives on the whole would be quite pleased to trade a dollar of sequester cuts for a dollar of reforms. that deal has never actually been put on the table, and if it would just -- >> there have been deals put on the table at basically three or four different junctures, in which the white house has despera...