Cinga Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 No one listened to me. You think they're going to listen to you? because your claim is sheer ignorance at it's best... Another word for "discretionary" is unnecessary, so by that definition, we should be able to cut the entire thing, and I guess you and a bunch of other ^&%$ would be out of a job. There should not be any difference between unnecessary spending, and non discretionary if we're gonna get this mess under control, period! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfatbillsfan Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 No one listened to me. You think they're going to listen to you? You seem to have quite the Casandra/Martyr complex. Just ordered this t-shirt: Wait a second... aren't you in Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 You seem to have quite the Casandra/Martyr complex. Wait a second... aren't you in Canada? You don't think we're affected? Where do you think all those criminals being released run to???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Senate Won't Reduce Sequester's Impact By Michael Reagan For the past month President Obama has been complaining about the damage the sequester’s “meat ax” cuts will do to the federal government and the innocent bystanders, like taxpayers. This involves considerable intellectual gymnastics, since the sequester was Obama’s idea in the first place and it was overwhelmingly supported in the Democrat-run Senate. On Obama’s nationwide "Fear Factor" tour he warned of planes falling from the sky and rancid horse meat in fast food burgers. When the Chicken Little approach did not frighten the public — which is desperate for spending cuts — his administration set out to make cuts that punished the public. Obama’s personal contribution was canceling White House tours, which I wrote about here. Obama says he wants, in his words, targeted budget cuts using a “scalpel,” rather than the inflexible sequester chainsaw. Yesterday Republicans in the Senate gave him a scalpel and Democrats threw it back in their face. It requires a breathtaking level of cynicism to complain about the harm budget cuts do to the public and then reject a bill that ameliorates that harm. But that’s exactly what happened. The Senate passed a bill designed to fund the government through the rest of this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, avoiding the threat of a government shutdown. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a true guardian of the taxpayer’s wallet, offered an amendment to restore funding for White House tours, saving spring break tourists from being shut out of the house their tax dollars support. With almost unanimous opposition by Democrats, Coburn’s amendment was defeated 54-45. Earlier on the House side, Republicans passed bills that would allow Obama to make his targeted cuts while leaving the total amount of sequester budget reduction unchanged. Such initiatives arrive DOA in the Democrat Senate. So on one hand you have Democrats complaining about the unfair impact of sequester cuts and on the other the same Democrats reject efforts to reduce the impact of sequester cuts on taxpayers. The reason for this politically schizophrenic behavior is simple: Democrats don’t want any cuts to federal spending, particularly if the cuts don’t harm the public. Once you start making little cuts, the demand for larger cuts might grow and big-government Democrats do not want this under any circumstances. However, the good news is the Senate did vote to redirect money so that slaughterhouse inspectors will remain on the job. You might say the Democrat masters of pork voted to reinstate the inspection of bacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 You don't think we're affected? Where do you think all those criminals being released run to???? Yeah, but is Quebec (and all the scum-of-the-earth who reside there) really part of Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) Civil works will be exempt from furlough. They have stopped the planning of furloughs for civil works... 30 day furlough letters we're do to go out this past Friday. That never happened. Now, all appropriations under civil works will be funded as stated in the most recent DRAFT. I do say the word: DRAFT. I guess good news for the national economic interests on the Inland Waterways... Bad news for the Republican shills Edited March 26, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxU6n4pAnrU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 You have to check out Drudge Report. Freaking unbelievable stab at the WH. Streaming a live WH concert and calling it the Sequester Soul Show. :lol: http://www.drudgereport.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 You have to check out Drudge Report. Freaking unbelievable stab at the WH. Streaming a live WH concert and calling it the Sequester Soul Show. :lol: http://www.drudgereport.com/ So that's what austerity looks like. Queen Latifah was great ! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I got those lonely sequestration blues. I cain't watch the Blue Angels, but I kin watch the concerts at the White House. I cain't take that tour of the White House, but I kin read about Joe Biden spending hellacious amounts of taxpayer moola on hotels, travel, etc. I cain't visit a number of contract worker-manned air traffic control towers, but I kin see some union member-manned towers. I'm thinkin' this song could go on and on and on.... I got those lonely sequestration blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) I got those lonely sequestration blues. I cain't watch the Blue Angels, but I kin watch the concerts at the White House. I cain't take that tour of the White House, but I kin read about Joe Biden spending hellacious amounts of taxpayer moola on hotels, travel, etc. I cain't visit a number of contract worker-manned air traffic control towers, but I kin see some union member-manned towers. I'm thinkin' this song could go on and on and on.... I got those lonely sequestration blues. But you can take your million dollar yacht through the nation's waterway locks 24/7/365 free of charge all you want... I will be exempt from the furlough, it is now official. Edited April 10, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Miner Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 But you can take your million dollar yacht through the nation's waterway locks 24/7/365 free of charge all you want... I will be exempt from the furlough, it is now official. No one notices a furlough unless it impacts productivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) No one notices a furlough unless it impacts productivity. I Believe it... If it (furloughs) hit the inland waterways, they would notice it. Commercial shippers already kick in 19 cents a gallon on diesel fuel to the Inland Waterway Trust fund. Every hour they are sitting on the wall waiting, they are burning 400 to 1,000 bucks in overhead along with surcharged diesel... They would get pretty grumpy if they couldn't move their product to the national market. Consider over 10 million ton of cargo, 4000 empty barges, and 20,000 pleasure craft transit our area alone in the typical course of a year. Keeping those numbers moving is most likely why we are exempt... Only a staff of ten workers keep the site going 24/7/365. The math would just not work out, we'd have to shut down @ times and the traffic would back up... Let alone the risk of impacting our flood prevention mission that puts 100,000's @ risk and a drinking water quality issues that puts millions and the the nation's 3rd largest city @ risk. Edited April 10, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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