In order to come to an agreement to end the sequestration and our budget standoff we need to tackle the real problems: waste, fraud, abuse and entitlements.
Every department throughout our government has some sort of waste, fraud and abuse that should be addressed on a department by department basis. Instead of taking the time to address these issues on a department by department basis, we are doing an across the board cut to all department resulting in massive layoffs, furloughs and terminations which will hurt over two million people and drag our fragile economy into a recession.
Additionally, we need to address the real problem causing the deficits: entitlements. Every entitlement should be means tested to ensure a million doesn't collect social security when he/she doesn't need it.