whatever trump says, whatever the cost he says, whatever program he wants. there s now actual opportunity costs of these huge tickets. look, he couldn t get the border wall down when he controlled both houses and now he s going to say he wants $5 billion for something we don t need and is going to furlough hundreds of thousands of employees to get it done and those employees include i.c.e. agents, tsa traveling during the holidays, include border control, include his own secret service agents who will be protecting him at mar-a-lago if he goes down and takes a vacation during a shutdown. so the optics of that are terrible. he must be hearing that on the inside as well. so michael, the optics of it might be terrible, but the question then becomes is the trump administration willing and possibly capable of facing any backlash if it does come down to a shutdown? they re going to face a huge backlash if there s a shutdown. they had an opportunity last year to trade funding for the bord
welcome back to hardball. the debate over spending and cutting is going just the way president obama planned apparently. he s out there every day making the case he s looking out for the middle class while the republicans are just as stubbornly looking out for the wealthy. in his automatic across the board cuts march 1st the president is taking advantage of the power of his office. he s doing interviews with eight local tv anchors. most of these markets include a significant defense presence, they re near bases, an industry that could be hit hard if a sequester goes into effect of here s a click from nbc oklahoma city affiliate kfor. let s listen. we ve got some automatic spending cuts coming up in nine days that will lay off hundreds of thousands of folks or furlough hundreds of thousands of folks all across the country. they re not necessary.
of thousands of folks or furlough hundreds of thousands of folks all across the country. they re not necessary. they ll hurt our economy. they ll raise the unemployment rate. and the reason is because congress has not been able to compromise on a deficit reduction package that s more sensible. yesterday the president insisted sudden across-the-board spending cuts would be unnecessary and damaging and he made sure that first responders were there to punctuate the message. let s watch and listen. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more
the debate over spending and cutting is going just the way president obama planned apparently. he s out there every day making the case he s looking out for the middle class while the republicans are just as stubbornly looking out for the wealthy. in his automatic across the board cuts march 1st the president is taking advantage of the power of his office. he s doing interviews with eight local tv anchors. most of these markets include a significant defense presence, they re near bases, an industry that could be hit hard if a sequester goes into effect of here s a click from nbc oklahoma city affiliate kfor. let s listen. we ve got some automatic spending cuts coming up in nine days that will lay off hundreds of thousands of folks or furlough hundreds of thousands of folks all across the country. they re not necessary. they ll hurt our economy. they ll raise the unemployment rate. and the reason is because congress has not been able to compromise on a deficit reduction package that s
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