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So what really irritates me about sequestration is that the military actually does feel the pinch. In the MEU we have to seriously consider how much we get to train and several exercises we do with allied countries in this area of the world have been scaled down or cancelled. The Navy's big concern is sailing days because it takes a good amount of money to make 40,500 ton vessel cruise along at 20 knots. And why? To buy votes. Don't get me wrong, I have actually been pleasantly surprised that the Republicans have not caved to the sequestration drama cooked up by their opponents. For most Americans, I think, it doesn't affect them at all. This is good because it shows that you CAN cut the budget (or even just cut the rate of growth which is I think what sequestration did - it wasn't even an actual cut) and live to see the next day. The military, however was cut so (the theory goes) both sides would come to the bargaining table to take on fiscal problems. Well they didn't. At least they didn't spend any more money. I will live with less money in the military if it means less money spent in general. It just annoys me that nothing is cut on the hand-out crowd. And Marion you are right - no one wants to take that on. In his "Time for Choosing" speech, Regan mentioned the phrase "vote harvesting time" referring to the time around elections. No better words have been uttered to describe what is going on in our country today.