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Make cuts hurt: email reveals
Fox news ^ | 3/6/2013 | Fox news

Posted on 03/06/2013 8:17:04 AM PST by EyeSalveRich

A leaked email from an Agriculture Department field officer adds fuel to claims President Obama's political strategy is to make the billions in recent federal budget cuts as painful as possible to win the public opinion battle against Republicans. ...According to the partially redacted email, the response came from the Agriculture Department’s budget office and in part states: “However you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budget; cuts; seebreaking; sequester; socialism
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Earlier I said, "The problem is that they go out of their way to make sure that any cuts happen in the most high-profile, painful places, while leaving fat in place. That way they are assured to continue their treachery." It is nice to see actual confirmation of what we already knew.
1 posted on 03/06/2013 8:17:19 AM PST by EyeSalveRich
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To: EyeSalveRich

Busted!


2 posted on 03/06/2013 8:21:04 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: EyeSalveRich

Unfortunately, the left has perfectly Alinsky’ed Fox. If it is reported on Fox, low information voters never hear it, and moderate information voters think it’s garbage.

Until/unless we find a leader and unite, we’re doomed.


3 posted on 03/06/2013 8:21:04 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: EyeSalveRich

I thought everyone was for reduced government spending?


4 posted on 03/06/2013 8:22:56 AM PST by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: EyeSalveRich

>>Earlier I said, “The problem is that they go out of their way to make sure that any cuts happen in the most high-profile, painful places, while leaving fat in place. That way they are assured to continue their treachery.” <<

Yep. Close and shutter the DOE (both of them: Education and Energy), the EPA, 1/2 of the NIH and 100% of the new “agencies” obozo created. Billions of dollars saved and the US would not even know they are gone.

Let the TSA go back being private and contract it at .50 on the dollar (or better). Better service and lower cost.

The government wants only one thing: GROWTH


5 posted on 03/06/2013 8:23:38 AM PST by freedumb2003 (I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
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To: EyeSalveRich

The Prez is a real piece of work, and there is no doubt that the Machiavellian Prince would resort to any means to prop up his regime and achieve his ends.


6 posted on 03/06/2013 8:31:56 AM PST by AtlasStalled
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To: AtlasStalled

I agree, apparently these people will stop at nothing including damaging the country and it’s people to keep from loosing....If they’ll do that, they’ll do anything.


7 posted on 03/06/2013 8:34:21 AM PST by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: EyeSalveRich

You know... on the other hand if they make these so-called cuts really painful on the public we just might say:

Hey, let’s just forget about you guys providing those services, we’ll do without or maybe do it ourselves instead.


8 posted on 03/06/2013 8:34:51 AM PST by The Working Man
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To: AtlasStalled
The Prez is a real piece of work, and there is no doubt that the Machiavellian Prince would resort to any means to prop up his regime and achieve his ends.

He's a piece of something, alright.

9 posted on 03/06/2013 8:35:30 AM PST by MissTed ( Private Tagline - Do Not Read!)
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To: freedumb2003
What's Lisa Jackson's dog's name again? Nobody really thinks that the really good stuff is on official government servers do they?

The command and communication bunkers of Obama's soldiers needs to be haked and archived for their eventual arrest and prosecution.

What they are doing falls squarely on RICO, treason, and conspiracy laws.

10 posted on 03/06/2013 8:35:40 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: EyeSalveRich

“The problem is that they go out of their way to make sure that any cuts happen in the most high-profile, painful places, while leaving fat in place. That way they are assured to continue their treachery.”

It is even more evil in nature than your statement. The fact is that Obama has the idealogy that he desires to cause as much pain for his subjects, in the hope that it will expand his power.

It is dictatorial in nature. Period.


11 posted on 03/06/2013 8:36:08 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: EyeSalveRich
King Obama and his criminal communists empire will finish America off because the unformed Americans are too busy playing with their butts. America is finished unless we keep the House and gain the Senate. The communists Democrats in the Senate will block any chance of impeaching King Obama.
12 posted on 03/06/2013 8:36:34 AM PST by Logical me
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To: Texan5
Donald Trump on Letterman offering an email bounty for every document soliciting harmful actions against the public on the part of government officials will be rewarded generously as long as it can be authenticated, would be sweet.

There are some honorable government workers. (some)

13 posted on 03/06/2013 8:40:33 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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What a horrible vile man, always knew he was, however everyone thinks he is a nice guy.
Where?


14 posted on 03/06/2013 8:40:39 AM PST by Sophia777
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To: EyeSalveRich

You know in the real world any manager who can’t cut 2% out of their budget would be fired. And yes, I realize it is not a real cut.


15 posted on 03/06/2013 8:41:41 AM PST by sheana
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To: Logical me
American logic.........

We need to wait til after the election to find out what we are going to be governed by.

"Peloscism"

16 posted on 03/06/2013 8:42:50 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: EyeSalveRich

Local school districts use the same tactic when confronted with a levy on the ballot. They threaten to cut bus service first. This will of course inconvenience nearly all parents.

We need to call their bluff and hold their feet to the fire on the budget choices they make.


17 posted on 03/06/2013 8:46:41 AM PST by toast
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To: blackdog

I work for the FAA and yes we have got the warning e-mails and I’ve deleted them so I won’t response back as to how full of BS they are.

There are a lot of people here at work who just talk about the “mythical” cuts all day long instead of working.

I’ve tried to explain to them about baseline budgeting and there are no cuts but they just don’t want to listen. They think the higher ups wouldn’t lie to them about it.

They are talking now about firing the temp hires and special hires, just to get every one screaming at the GOP to quit the cutting.

Security came in the other day and escorted a couple of contractors out because they were fired on Mar 1.

There is a lot of waste in govt and I see it every day but no one gives a rats ass except for a very few.


18 posted on 03/06/2013 9:12:26 AM PST by Caribou ( www.ktok.com Red State Radio free streaming.)
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To: EyeSalveRich

Obama wants average working Americans to suffer so the government can use our money to pay off the idiots who elect Democrats... the denizens of cellpools like Detroit and Chicago’s South Side.


19 posted on 03/06/2013 9:12:35 AM PST by GOPJ (DHS HAS secured: 1.6 BILLION bullets - 2.700 tanks and 35,000 drones ...to use on American soil...)
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Obama wants average working Americans to suffer so the government can keep feeding our money to buy off the idiots who elect Democrats... Politicians and denizens of cesspools like Detroit and Chicago’s South Side...


20 posted on 03/06/2013 9:14:00 AM PST by GOPJ (DHS HAS secured: 1.6 BILLION bullets - 2.700 tanks and 35,000 drones ...to use on American soil...)
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