[Girlene]

Sequestration insulates most of the entitlement programs and mandatory spending from cuts, so the real impact is almost 10% of the discretionary budget. This is what is causing the pain along with the fact that agencies don't have the freedom to move money from various accounts.

Yes, it does. Also, by having 800K federal employees getting a 20% paycut with the furlough, that's a lot of people who will be yelling at Congress to do something.

Question. Who chooses/chose where the cuts will be made?

[kabar]

Question. Who chooses/chose where the cuts will be made?

The head of the Executive Branch--Obama. I am sure he delegates most of it to the agency heads who are Presidential appointees. They are constrained to a certain degree because the cuts must be made across the board to various account buckets.

I am most upset about how the Pentagon has politicized this. I am not in favor of deep military cuts, but given how the Pentagon is playing hardball politics, I say let the cuts happen and then we can address them next fiscal year.