Posted on 12/30/2012 10:27:43 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
WASHINGTONThe Pentagon is preparing to notify its entire civilian workforce to prepare for furloughs if Congress and President Barack Obama are unable to reach a deal before Jan. 2 to avert automatic spending cuts.
A senior defense official said Sunday that the Pentagon would notify 800,000 civilian workers to brace for furloughs in the new year, meaning the workers would be ordered to take mandatory leave without pay for a certain period. The warning is much gloomier than the agency recently offered employees, as it had said there wouldn't be an immediate impact on personnel or operations if a deal wasn't reached by January
The automatic spending cuts were put in place by the 2011 Budget Control Act and require $110 billion in spending reductions, split between defense programs and other domestic agencies. The cuts must take place in the first nine months of 2013, and then $110 billion in cuts will take place for eight additional years, under the conditions of the 2011 law. Democrats and Republicans have been working to replace or postpone the cuts but they have been unable to reach an agreement.
The Pentagon will be forced to cut $55 billion in spending in the first nine months of 2013, a roughly 10% reduction in many of its programs. The cuts would affect more than just the agency's workforce, as the White House has said the military's budgets for purchasing aircraft, ammunition, missiles and other items will be cut sharply.
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With baseline budgeting thats like a spending freeze.... meanwhile Obama has expanded their mission to Africa
Layoff the whole federal government , also the EPA, FEC ,FDA, OFCCP, etc. , permanently
Don’t give in GOP, go over the media’s stupid cliff
I am very concerned about the potential cuts to weapon systems, not so much about the civilian workforce.
there are way too many pencil pushing civilians clogging the cogs of the U.S. military. getting rid of many of these positions would be a very good thing. I know this first hand.
We have 800,000 civilian government employees in the Department of Defense. How many of them have gone to Iraq or Afghanistan for a year or three out of five years? The Military-Industrial Complex isn’t uniformed personnel. Take her off the cliff, boys!
I want to see it go over so bad I can taste it.
This should REALLY drive the “Fun With Numbers Friday” numbers down. I already see a huge drop in those applying for unemployment. The unemployment rate will probably drop below 4% once these 800,000 are let go. Da conomy be boomin’.
Layoff those bureaucrats in the EPA, FCC, FDA, FEC,OFCCP, HUD and so on ,and on , . So long cretins. Then we'd have freedom .Dont give in GOP, go over the medias stupid cliff, best thing that could happen
Layoff the whole federal government , also the EPA, FEC ,FDA, OFCCP, etc. , permanently
In 2009, the company I worked for lost 2 major customers resulting in a 25% pay cuts for many of us.
Guess what? We survived and learned to get by with less pay.
I am not so confident that federal employees(most but not all) have the ability to financially cope without a Government check specifically because most(not all) federal employees are clueless regarding the basic economic fundamentals.
I agree.
Yeah me too. We should call our GOP congressmen, tell them
to hold the line, don’t give in , go over the media’s stupid cliff
This will also affect Defense Contractors. I am looking at my 3 rd layoff in 3 1/2 years.
Yeah me too. We should call our GOP congressmen, tell them
to hold the line, don’t give in , go over the media’s stupid cliff
To all :
Call Congress (202-224-2131)
When a ‘company’ can take an 800,000 cut in the workforce and still carry out basic functions, that tells me there are 800,000too many people working for it.
Radical idea, I know....
Every federal worker is begging for this to happen as they will eventually get reimbursed and therefore these will all be paid days off.
Its just like the supposed pay freeze. Sure, they freeze the pay...but then make it up by giving bigger and bigger “bonuses”. Now, after getting huge bonuses this year, Obama is giving a pay raise. Does anyone really think they will have to give the bonus back?
Call Congress (202-224-2131)
“I want to see it go over so bad I can taste it.”
Thank you for saying what I’ve been thinking!
You and I both. I called Roskam’s office twice last week. I told him the following:
No tax increases on anyone.
Serious across the board spending cuts.
Dump Boehner as Speaker.
Just pass a 3 year extension of the current Obama tax rates and adjourn.
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You left out the IRS.
And no these people aren’t “hard working Americans” They are scum of the earth working for their master. I despise every last one of those cretins with every ounce of my soul.
Unfortunately ... you're right.
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