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Jim DeMint: Obama not dealing with 'facts' of sequestration

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    Heritage Foundation president sounds off

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I don't know I don't know what the president is planning this weekend put -- -- the him with so much at that golf club.

After the way he scared me what it's all -- -- and stuff I almost lost my appetite.

Talking about the worst thing and everything else well look I'm teeing up a major deadline drama of my own it -- if I see compliance week because my goodness.

To hear the White House tell -- these automatic cuts go through a week from now.

You can kiss your very safety go by itself about to -- -- South Carolina Republicans -- Now Heritage Foundation honcho variant were big we have Jim didn't hear -- -- back -- And I guess we need to step back and realize you know obviously this basic cuts came about and for some they were going to be dangerous I don't mean in this minimize them.

But in the scheme of things -- relatively small and and it certainly doesn't mean that we're gonna lose a gazillion -- inspectors and we're gonna have.

Hundreds of thousands of mentally ill patients out on the street without they're that's somewhat -- on down.

Thought well this of sequestration is another word though a Washington word that no one knows what it really remains.

These are some very modest cuts except on the military side that.

Military's only about 20% of our budget and about 50% of the cuts are coming.

From the military and I shouldn't even use the word cut some falling into that trap that -- Right that's because we're changing tables -- -- this year and next year in every year for the next ten years and we spent last year but senator what does that tell policy letter meaning you know I've -- -- so many times that it what does that say with.

It's cutting what amounts to rounding error as I sat on -- rounding -- creates this big dust up and and this great panic.

-- we have to get seriously you said I mean I'm not going to be able to.

What we've we've got to balance our budget in ten years and and this should be just the beginning of the things we need to turn back.

Unfortunately we're not talking about a lot of things where we could save a lot of money.

Just by letting the states do more and do it better.

We don't need to be hollowing out our military but if we have to take these cuts are reductions and on the military side to get any cuts at all.

That's what we need to do I hope up.

Members of congress Republicans or Democrats won't will not try to stop this slight reduction in the increase in spending.

And start looking at other ways particularly the areas of waste and duplication that have been identified.

We have to trim back the growth of spending.

Our money where I wanted to -- a lot of little lower.

But be careful the defense Specter thing I know I -- -- -- knows these numbers better then then anymore.

Today just.

Just fire about to be inspectors.

And that does that mean that our -- isn't safe and that come next week at this time.

There is a possibly will be -- -- are they serious.

Well they no trouble with the truth in this White House fingers -- the president can cut those things but he doesn't need to with these very modest.

-- -- -- And there are many other areas within that budget that's in that -- -- -- above you which you could cut why would you would need and Lila and then all of.

Policemen and firemen and teachers he had behind the -- this press conference last week they don't work for the federal government.

And the federal government shouldn't be paying their salaries anyway so the president is how it is to really hard to work with a person who won't tell the truth.

Just like what he was talking about on immigration and every other issue that comes up.

It's hard to deal with him if you want deal with the facts it's amazing senators always good distancing it.

Oppose them and we like --

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