papaperch
Active member
Only in Washington do they make spending more money than they did last year sound like a drastic cut.
The real truth of this lies in perception. Now I have had to run a budget for my household for many years. Also had to run a budget for a business partner and I ran for about 12 years. When you spend less money than you did the prior fiscal year that is a true cut.
The " drastic " cuts the sequestrations are supposed to bring are actually only a slowdown in the rate of spending. They will still spend more than they did last year. Even some members of the liberal press are starting to pick up on this.
If the sequestrations are enacted it is almost equal to a person losing a .25 piece and makes 100K a year. How devastating would that be to the individual ?
Common sense goes right out the window. When they threaten how many firefighters , policemen and teachers will be laid off. I fail to grasp the significance of the Federal budget to these people because the Federal Government does not PAY them. States and Municipalities pay their own teachers and safety people.
Why does our press let them get away with such scare tactics ? I think its time for our press to get out of bed with the government. Quit using harmless names for actual lies. They are not misspeaks they are lies.
Personally I am getting sick of staggering from one manufactured crisis to another every two months. How in the world are we ever going to make a dent in the 17 Trillion debt ?
About sixty years ago this country fought a 2 front war. Against two very strong adversaries. We had other help sure. But our industrial might went a long way in saving the world from fascism.
If it would happen today our economic strength would fail pretty fast. Even if we had enough volunteers to fight. We could not afford the bus ride to get them there. Instead of industrial might we would have to use our " service based economy ". Guess that would mean killing off the enemy with our fast food.
When we as a people wake up and realize what they are feeding us ?
The real truth of this lies in perception. Now I have had to run a budget for my household for many years. Also had to run a budget for a business partner and I ran for about 12 years. When you spend less money than you did the prior fiscal year that is a true cut.
The " drastic " cuts the sequestrations are supposed to bring are actually only a slowdown in the rate of spending. They will still spend more than they did last year. Even some members of the liberal press are starting to pick up on this.
If the sequestrations are enacted it is almost equal to a person losing a .25 piece and makes 100K a year. How devastating would that be to the individual ?
Common sense goes right out the window. When they threaten how many firefighters , policemen and teachers will be laid off. I fail to grasp the significance of the Federal budget to these people because the Federal Government does not PAY them. States and Municipalities pay their own teachers and safety people.
Why does our press let them get away with such scare tactics ? I think its time for our press to get out of bed with the government. Quit using harmless names for actual lies. They are not misspeaks they are lies.
Personally I am getting sick of staggering from one manufactured crisis to another every two months. How in the world are we ever going to make a dent in the 17 Trillion debt ?
About sixty years ago this country fought a 2 front war. Against two very strong adversaries. We had other help sure. But our industrial might went a long way in saving the world from fascism.
If it would happen today our economic strength would fail pretty fast. Even if we had enough volunteers to fight. We could not afford the bus ride to get them there. Instead of industrial might we would have to use our " service based economy ". Guess that would mean killing off the enemy with our fast food.
When we as a people wake up and realize what they are feeding us ?