The function of US's public education systems is precisely to produce subjects that are as stupid as this...

Fifty-Six Percent Of Americans Now Disapprove Of Sequestration. The ABC News/Washington Post poll also revealed a sizeable and growing majority — 56 percent — opposed to the across the board spending cuts, a significant change compared to a March poll that showed the public supported sequestration by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio, at 61-33 percent. [ABC News/Washington Post, 5/24/13; ABC News/Washington Post, 3/6/13]
61 percent supported a policy that was going to expose their jobs and crucial social services to cuts? Was it the word "sequestration" that confused them? Did the big word obscure its meaning? How in the world did so many Americans (2-to1) did not see this coming? How? The best and kindest thing I can do is point a finger at public education.