it s the perfect example because the issue behind the deficit is the donor classes deficit and that little goody is what goes to donors. people who talk to their congressmen. you know what they re complaining about? the people in your program, i would imagine most don t have a direct line to their congressman, but it s a cut for the functions of washington politicians, they don t feel. right. that s something that our program tries to increase is the a awareness of our families, to do these things and advocate for themselves. it s a vicious cycle. the program you have, early learning, there s a waiting list for that, i imagine. yeah. it serves the community in a great way. if the zombie apocalypse as jeff said and i want to ask you what it looks like from where you re standing. what i think is so perverse
government shutdowns, can t get to the decision point of where we have a budget or what not, so that has been discussed. we are aware of those kinds of issues. jeff, at the end of the article, you say that the government does waste a lot of money, that the government does need to tighten its belt. i wonder if this is what it looks like. a 27% pay cut for you. what your response is to that. well, yeah, like i told john, it would be intellectually dishonest to whine when the cut is me. i m certainly not complaining for myself. while i agree that certainly, that s ways that spending needs to be curtailed, i may be one of the one of the casualties, so
their children in a reliable, safe place and they re going to get job training, their ged, so they can advance. if you walk into a working parent s life and say we re going to take away two hours of child care, that s huge. jeff, you sound like if this stays in place, you re worried your job might be on the chopping block. yeah, i am. and while i m a pale juxtaposition to your other guests and their wonderful organizations, yeah, if i recently took this job from fort bragg, north carolina to move up here to the d.c. area to better myself, to have an opportunity to improve and succeed and because i just took this job right when this happened, i can only imagine i have to doomsday prep for that inevitable ility that they re not going to furlough forever, so they re going to cut. i would imagine. i have to plan for that, any ways, and if they cut, i m out of a job. i m the new one in.
it s a kick in the teeth he is an amazing and upsetting single story about life in the united states during our long, grinding an unnecessary austerity era, but there are thousands of other americans who do or will have similar stories. another story details 100 examples of current or impending cuts caused by the sequester. everything from housing assistance being slashed in texas to research jobs being cut in durham, north carolina. so the question is, why doesn t washington seem to care about any of them? joining me at the table, heather mcghee, the vice president at the public policy organization, ezra cline, msnbc policy analyst and shaina hewitt and from washington is jeff merriack. jeff, i want to start with you because what i thought was
single story about life in the united states during our long, grinding an unnecessary austerity era, but there are thousands of other americans who do or will have similar stories. another story details 100 examples of current or impending cuts caused by the sequester. everything from housing assistance being slashed in texas to research jobs being cut in durham, north carolina. so the question is, why doesn t washington seem to care about any of them? joining me at the table, heather mcghee, the vice president at the public policy organization, ezra cline, msnbc policy analyst and shaina hewitt and from washington is jeff merriack. jeff, i want to start with you because what i thought was really interesting was hearing your story and then you talking about the sequester and your feeling about government spending and the first thing i wanted to know was when the