So when do the airplanes start falling from the sky? Or is it the whole sky that's supposed to fall? The worst thing for the president and left leaning economists is that the voters won't notice anything has been cut.
Sequester, Day 4: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/w...unces-millions-in-us-aid-for-egypt.html?_r=1& :MARIS61:
Very few of the country will notice. On a related note, no one's Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment checks, etc. were affected. Once again, the overrun on medicare and medicaid spending alone is greater than the combined overall budgets for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Or to put it a different way, if the DoD overran by the same amount that Medicare/Medicaid has, the DoD would have a 1.5T in outlays this year.
Um...as Denny's pointed out, during no year in US history has there been more revenue. And yet, the AFL-CIO and Democratic leaders are vilifying R's for wanting "entitlement reform"? Someone please help me understand this...because I have to be missing something. And I have yet to see the Congressman (D or R) who has said "well, we have to raise taxes--so everyone's taxes will go up to 20% of their income." They seem to think "billionaire taxes" will make up the trillion-ish overrun in entitlement spending.
I get your overall point, but the "I don't care how they do it" is a wee bit irresponsible. There's a lot of excess spending, and they absolutely do need to cut back. But there are some things being cut that I've seen/heard, and it's terrible. For one..... I'm sorry...... our education system is shitty and getting worse by the day. I don't have an opinion on the pay of teachers (I do, but I don't care to share), but I don't believe we can continue cutting education.
I'm glad I work in the alcohol industry. Sales are up! And even if they were down........... at least I'd have something to ease the pain!
We have to make cuts somewhere. That is basically my point. I realize that cutting some things like education may not be desirable, but you have to start somewhere. Personally I think education spending is probably adequate. The problem is where the spending goes. There is too much in administration.
Like I said, I got your overall point, and I agree with it. But they need to pick the cuts more wisely. As for too much admin....... there's too much admin/bureacracy/government in just about everything in this country. So much waste.
They'll cut TSA agents, then send some lap-dog reporters to the airports to interview pissed off travelers. They'll find plenty of LIVs who will tearfully blame the evil, racist, homophobic Republican Party.
HONDREDS OF MILLIONS OF JOBS WILL BE LOST. 4 HOUR LINES AT TSA (ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STILL MAINTAINING THEIR HIGH EFFICIENCY)
Why focus on an actual crisis when we can manufacture one? I'm going to dig a hole and live in it. Who's with me?
