Mr. President, stop lying about the nature of sequestration and its effects. Ladies and gentlemen, if I may, I wish to present a graphic that will show the nature of the "drastic cuts" that are allegedly coming on March 1:
The circle represents the federal budget. The sequester is the little red dot in the middle. If my household can make the requisite cuts to get under budget with a baby, I think the United States government can manage to lower its FY2013 deficit from $1.2 trillion to $1.156 trillion. Bring on the sequester. And then let the real meat cleaving begin (et tu, Mr. President?).