How about this for a sequestration spending cut?
When the president signs a law, don't spend any tax dollars to bring troops, children, old people, etc. to stand in the background.
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Giving a child a sign to hold at a protest, giving a child a prepared statement to read- when anyone else does it, it's tacky, or it's indoctrination, but *when the state does it* it is VIRTUOUS.