Posted on 04/21/2009 11:08:58 AM PDT by chordmaster
WASHINGTON, DC - In response to President Obama's bold challenge to cut government spending by $100 million, Congress voted today to cut fancy ketchup from its catering and cafeteria budget. The move is expected to generate nearly half of the savings the White House has mandated. The savings is expected to reduce the federal budget by nearly 0.00028%...
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Why can’t John Kerry get it for them at Cost?
Import it from China, made especially for CONgre$$
Because he’s already selling it to them at the inflated price. I’d bet he’d lead opposition or once he got home TherAAAAZA would kick his @@@.
Yet another example that, concerning hard budget issues and concerns, the community organizer does indeed know how to make the tough decisions...
What's this in the new appropriation bill? Fancy Catsup Preservation Act?
I guess, Sen. (You know, I served in Viet-Nam) Kerry, Was "Jet-skiing" in the French Rivera , that month.... so he couldn't lobby agaist it.
More empty bull crap
Although I know this is a joke. Think about this. Cutting fancy ketchup would have a greater effect on my personal food budget than that $100 million does on the federal budget.
On a $200 grocery bill, the differnce between the pricey ketchup and the mid grade is about 30 cents, or .15%. That is 56 times greater than Obama’s $100 million cut.
Of course you would have to first spend about $5000 on scotch, cigars, and prime steak to get the full picture of what saving that 30 cents means.
I was expecting a “If I had a million dollars” (by the Bare Naked Ladies) reference. In the song they mention how if they had a million dollars (which they did, and more, eventually) they’d buy fancy “dijon” ketchup, and so on.
How courageous of them...
This of course does not include the people in charge which get another $20,000,000.00 + and the bonuses paid to civilian workers in the range of several billion dollars.
And it does not include the private transportation for those in charge and the private planes for the big gurus./
Oh, thank the Heavens. We're saved! Thank you, President Obama. We can make it now.
Mmm...Night Train “apple” wine...mmmm
Oh my gosh. This group is sorry freak show. My heck.
Such sacrifice. I hope this will make it easier on their collective conscience when their automatic pay raise comes around again.
If everyone in Congress loaded up on these babies it would drive that deficit down./
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