Because you can't do it. There's not -- you can't cut $100 billion from $477 billion of some of the most essential parts of the federal government. But they have pledged to do it, so let's see if they can do it.
James Carville: “Because you can't do it. There's not -- you can't cut $100 billion from $477 billion of some of the most essential parts…”
On the recordNovember 3, 2010
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Carville expresses skepticism about the feasibility of proposed budget cuts by the new leadership.
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