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| The Meanest Budget Cuts | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 15 2011, 11:49 AM (320 Views) | |
| George K | Apr 15 2011, 11:49 AM Post #1 |
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That cut is 0.8%. After hearing the president's comments about how he's going to trim government by eliminating "fraud, waste, and abuse," you'd think that this department could find less than one percent of such fraud, waste and abuse. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 15 2011, 12:57 PM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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One would think. I still say cut it 5% across the board this year, next year and the next and you will see amazing resourcefulness among government managers. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| George K | Apr 15 2011, 01:00 PM Post #3 |
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Anytime a government official says that "We're going to save money by eliminating waste, inefficiency and fraud," you know the rest is well, let's just say that my meter gets pinned.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 15 2011, 03:50 PM Post #4 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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I wonder how deep the cuts were in veteran's benefits. Veterans are treated like the nation's filthy family secret, or something... |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Axtremus | Apr 15 2011, 04:01 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Would you consider finding that out before passing judgment? |
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| Copper | Apr 15 2011, 04:09 PM Post #6 |
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Shortstop
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Is that more or less than the cost of the dinner date that Mr. & Mrs. Obama had a couple years ago in nyc? ![]() ![]() |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Luke's Dad | Apr 15 2011, 04:56 PM Post #7 |
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Emperor Pengin
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That's one thing you and I have always seen eye to eye. You lay it on the line. 5% without cutting a single service. If you don't make it, you'll be out and replaced by somebody who will. |
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| Axtremus | Apr 15 2011, 06:30 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Just outsource to lower wage countries (e.g., China, India, Romania) all government services that can be outsourced (e.g., processing paperwork, like your tax returns, estimated tax payments, various regulatory compliance reports), and whatever government jobs that cannot be outsourced, replace current government workers with new immigrants willing to work for really, really low wage and no benefits -- the military included if you want to really cut costs. Just open the immigration spigot. Just like the private sector lowered cost by outsourcing (and the restaurant, lodging, and construction trades hired mostly immigrants), the government can do the same to lower cost. |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 15 2011, 06:35 PM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Irrelevant. There's plenty of inefficiency in government to be eliminated before anything like outsourcing. But thanks for the straw boogey man |
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| Axtremus | Apr 15 2011, 06:41 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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No ... it's just a logical extrapolation of where you'd have to eventually end up by cutting "5% without cutting a single service," year after year. Besides, paying a person $80/hr to do some job while another person is willing to do that same job for $10/hr is a form of inefficiency. You want to eliminate inefficiency? That's a big one right there. |
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| George K | Apr 16 2011, 08:21 AM Post #11 |
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Another "Mean Cut" from the article. This is positively Orwellian:
So, in Washington-speak, a cut really is an increase. Got it. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| George K | Apr 16 2011, 08:23 AM Post #12 |
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Land Mine Removal
So, CNN says land mine removal is being cut in their headline, but in the last paragraph they say it's "not clear" where the cuts would be made. Your media at work. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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