Except in Entitlements, of course, which are 62% of all Federal spending. We have money hand over fist for those.
Posted on 02/16/2013 10:46:26 AM PST by blam
I am worried about what it will means for employment.
Except in Entitlements, of course, which are 62% of all Federal spending. We have money hand over fist for those.
Sequestration Puts 2.14 Million Total Jobs at Risk
But don't worry, the Fed will keep moving zeros on computer screens to keep the money-out-of-thin-air stock market afloat....until it all comes crashing back to reality.
* Reference: PJ O'Rourke's Circumcision Precept (O'R.C.P.): "You can take 10% off the top of anything" and and nobody will notice much if any difference.
Gotta keep “Pornisha” poppin’ out them “dem-slaves”, ya kno...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzspsovNvII&feature=player_embedded
The people, in my sons (a physicist) department that were laid-off thursday...and the survivers placed on a four day work week....they noticed.
But, I understand the point.
A lot of the current military budget reflects operations in 2 war zones.
Those operations are coming to an end.
Unfortunately, the way these things work is, the commanders who had increased budgets will whine and point fingers as to who is spending what and eventually Congress will axe ALL budgets without regard as to need or value in an effort to be fair.
OMG!!!
And America swirls around the bowl one more time.
You’re doing a fine job Obama.
So what do you do, run to bonds?
Flippin libtards.
Many a invention, idea , innovation has come out of this process. How about NASA... in their search for solutions they gave us countless things, computers, crazy glue and the patty stacker.
It is truly a designed intent to strip America of its advantages.
A four day work week would be a 20% cut, which is a lot more than a 9% cut. Rhetorically, I'll ask if you think they're cutting back on the budget for defense researchers and not the budget for Gulfstream Vs for the Generals. I'd suggest that it should be a no-brainer to cut 9% fluff out of the US military budget without even trying very hard. But the fact that they are cutting back on stuff that they shouldn't be cutting and leaving the stuff that they should cut doesn't mean they shouldn't and can't cut.
Yeah. The government can either cut smart, or they can cut dumb. For many years they have been able to cut in dumb ways, which make voters panic and insist on tax hikes to bring back the good stuff that just got cut.
I’m hoping that voters allow the current round of cuts, even if dumb, and then demand more cuts. Eventually, we might see the government cut smart.
From that perspective, if the government cut smart, they could save big bucks and almost nobody would notice. But for now, with dumb cuts, some good people will suffer. Its intentional.
But the thing to do now is give incentive to the private sector to soak that up.
We can’t go hitting the Teachers union,Public parks or Health care for illegals.
MSM never advertises that; don't want to get the O base angry.
All they advertise is military cuts to try to get the GOP to back down.
Funding for Toad Crossings, African American Studies,Hispanic Heritage Festivals and Free Electric Car Charging Stations will remain at current levels. /s
My deadlines and commitments didn’t get cut, but we laid off two software engineers and another one goes next week. There aren’t enough cycles left to finish the contracted work. My lead gui developer dumped 3 critical bugs on me the night before a delivery build. The computers and my fingers can only go so fast. I fixed one of three by 10 PM. Two remain. I’m out of funded hours for the pay period. Stupidity on steroids. One of the layoffs has a replacement job (thankfully for him). If I had budget to hire his replacement, it would take a year to get clearance and more time to train.
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