I’m with CMS, and we got our blah-blah letter from Sec Sibellius this week like we get every spring. In short, they are doing all they can to avoid cuts and furloughs because you know, it’s for the people. It’s for the children. We can’t help people if our budget is cut. Blah blah.
Whatever.
I love my job and I am thankful for all I have. If I have to be a victim of the economy like the majority of this nation then I guess it will have to suck. So be it. God is in control and me and my kids will be ok.
Just think its ironic that we are in danger of furloughs at the same time that our oversight and review responsibilities have doubled. Sorry,Bama, I can’t babysit your programs or approve your healthcare plans if I’m sitting at home.
Oh and by the way mr president, I didn’t need that new laptop and monitor you gave me 6 months ago. The old one worked fine. We all got them. About 4000 of us. Budget cuts my ass.
It will be good to see these cuts, however you want to define cut.
It will be good to see MORE cuts, some to DoD, upcoming in the March 27 CR resolution renewal.
Yeah, it would be nice if we saw that the next sequence of cuts all went to Medicaid, Welfare, Dept of Education blah blah BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. We Must Have Cuts. If we have to take some tax increases and military cuts to get them, then too bad.
The number one threat to the US is financial, not military.
In fact, I think I’ll just repeat that and urge everyone swaggering about as a skypilot patriot to do the same thing maybe 50X per day — and I’m a former USAF officer.
The number one threat to the US is financial, not military.