{"id":13069,"date":"2013-03-01T19:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:13:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-03-01T19:13:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:13:06","slug":"maxine_waters_says_170_million_could_lose_jobs_because_of_sequester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/03\/01\/maxine_waters_says_170_million_could_lose_jobs_because_of_sequester\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters Says 170 Million Could Lose Jobs Because of Sequester"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: One of the Drive-Bys took a stab at challenging Obama today at his sequester press conference. Here\u2019s how that went.<\/p>\n

JULIE PACE: It sounds like you\u00c2\u2019re saying this is a Republicans problem and not one that you bear any responsibility for?<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Well, Julie, give me an example of what — what I might do?<\/p>\n

JULIE PACE: I\u2019m just trying to clarify your statement.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: Well, no, but I\u2019m trying to clarify the question. What I\u2019m suggesting is I\u2019ve put forward a plan that calls for serious spending cuts, serious entitlement reforms, goes right at the problem that is at the heart of our long-term deficit problem. I\u2019ve offered negotiations around that kind of balanced approach, and so far we\u2019ve gotten rebuffed because what Speaker Boehner and the Republicans have said is we cannot do any revenue, we can\u2019t do a dime\u2019s worth of revenue. So, what more do you think I should do?<\/p>\n

(begin parody)<\/p>\n

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OBAMA: If Congress allows this meat cleaver approach to take place, it will jeopardize our military readiness, Border Patrol agents will see their hours reduced, FBI agents will be furloughed, federal prosecutors will have to let criminals go. Thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off.<\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

BIG SIS: I am not here to scare people. I\u2019m here to inform. <\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

BIG SIS: I don\u2019t think we can maintain the same security.<\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

OBAMA: These cuts are not smart. <\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

OBAMA: They will add hundreds of thousands of Americans to the unemployment rolls.<\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

OBAMA: They are not fair. They will hurt our economy. <\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

OBAMA: People will lose their jobs.<\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

BIDEN: Buy a shotgun.<\/p>\n

(playing of song)<\/p>\n

WATERS: Over 170 million jobs could be lost.<\/p>\n