Out of a greedy government budget of 1.6 trillion, they will cut 85 billion. This is practically nothing and shouldn’t even be noticed Then if what you say is true about it being "practically nothing" from a fiscal or deficit side, but Sequestration is going to harm Defense to the degree that the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff testified that it would harm us (before the House and Senate Armed Services Committees this week), why do it all?
Defense Cuts In Sequester Would 'Hollow' Military, Joint Chiefs Warn
In fact, these are very deep cuts, they only focus on discretionary spending (Defense taking the brunt), but they don't solve our problem, which is entitlement spending (which is exempt from sequestration).
Everyone’s just defending their own turf. I don’t believe the Joint Chiefs any more than the others.
As has been pointed out, this isn’t even a reduction in spending, only in the increase of spending. I would like to see this happen, and across the board. If we can’t even do this then there is no hope for us.
Yes, Medicare and SS are the 800 lb gorilla in the room that nobody is talking about. Only if cuts start can we begin to point at the gorilla.