given discretionary authority to decide where the things go in the agency. so not everything gets the maximum cut. so when i talk to republicans and democrats people believe the sequester to go into place at least for a while. they don't think it will happen for ten years, but will it happen next week? they seem to think so at least for now. >> let's listen to what the president said where we are in the recovery and economy and how it could affect that. >> the american people have worked too hard, too long rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause yet another one. and it seems like every three months around here, there is have manufactured crisis. while a plan to reduce our deficit has to be part of our agenda we also have to remember that deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. >> jared, that is the part that seems to be getting lost here. >> yeah, it is exactly the point i was trying to make earlier. let us not forget that we have an unemployment rate that is