I always wondered if Obama is proposing these cuts just because he knows with a security that the GOP will never back tax increases,especially on the 1% and that as long as they refuse he doesn't actually have to cut entitlements at all.In fact,he can say I tried and point the finger at a GOP whose getting a worse public reputation by the day and the GOP always chose to avoid the deadlines of automatic cuts to gov't services a number of times because they know they would get decimated by public opinion as to who would be blamed.