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ChineseBandit58 
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Member since Aug 2005
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 8:04 am to Federal Tiger)
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I have always argued in my building alone you could gut 30% of the employees immediately, and you would never even notice,
This has been my mantra for decades now.
To fix this problem, we should take every federal department and immediately take out one-third of their money and one-third of their employees. Force everyone of them to examine their chartered mission and prioritize their activities accordingly.
Then, next year, each one should be subject to the exact same reduction unless they describe in detail what chartered mission requirement would go undone. All subject to congressional oversight.
Make them justify that guy in charge of arranging PR visits for the administrative assistant to the secretary of the manager for out of town conferences for the chairman of the committee to arrange political events for the deputy department head.
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Lsut81
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To fix this problem, we should take every federal department and immediately take out one-third of their money and one-third of their employees. Force everyone of them to examine their chartered mission and prioritize their activities accordingly.
frick, the CBO even made a recommendation that was a baby step compared to that and it saved Trillions over a Decade
Annually cut 1% from Defense Spending and 1% from Social programs and it save nearly 1 Trillion over 10yrs.
Then they made other minor recommendations and it accounted for another 3T over 10 yrs.
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Federal Tiger
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Connecticut
Member since Dec 2007
5337 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 8:50 am to Lsut81)
As if they listen to recommendations from the CBO. They're just that - recommendations. Not demands.
I can tell you every year of my Federal experience my direct office gets huge increases each year. For example, right now we are trying our hardest to find training and spend the allocated FY 13 budget money. Unfortunately, none of the training we go to is even relevant...just spend baby.
I guarantee you could cut 15 percent this year from my budget, and my peers would not be directly impacted oustide of receiving bonuses - which most of them don't deserve anyway.
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Lsut81
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 8:53 am to Federal Tiger)
I can only imagine... Its absolutely amazing how bad things are.
We need a President that will run the country as a business, not as a snake oil salesman.
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TOPAL
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Member since Mar 2010
644 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 8:54 am to Federal Tiger)
Spend it or you lose it, fricking gov't.
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MrCarton 
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Nashville
Member since Dec 2009
1643 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 8:58 am to Federal Tiger)
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we are trying our hardest to find training and spend the allocated FY 13 budget money. Unfortunately, none of the training we go to is even relevant...just spend baby.
I wish that money would roll over to the next FY or Qtr, or At least part of it. It is sickening watching the spendex.
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NC_Tigah
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:01 am to Lsut81)
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Why is the President up there claiming that Teachers, Firefighters, and Police will lose their jobs and parents will have to find something to do with their kids, since they won't be able to go to school?
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Lsut81
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:04 am to NC_Tigah)
Btw, if the Sequester doesn't happen, could the US face a credit downgrade from Moody's? Since they just downgraded Europe 
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NC_Tigah
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:09 am to Lsut81)
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if the Sequester doesn't happen, could the US face a credit downgrade from Moody's?
If the Sequester is the most aggressive slowing of corpulent budgetary increase American politicians can accomplish, Moody's should downgrade us regardless.
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Lsut81
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:11 am to NC_Tigah)
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Moody's should downgrade us regardless.
I agree... Im surprised that S&P was the only one that did last year. But you see what happens if you do, the US Govt comes after you.
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DaGarun 
Northwestern St. Fan
NashVegas
Member since Nov 2007
15754 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:11 am to NC_Tigah)
Indeed, NC...
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cuyahoga tiger
LSU Fan
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
615 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 12:16 pm to Lsut81)
Let's make this ridiculous sequester simple...if the amount the gov spends this year is "X" and the budget for next year is "X" plus 10%, this sequester is "X" plus 5%....so they are really cutting NOTHING, this sequester simply doesn't raise spending as much...these politicians have no f'n guts and "we the people" should not stand for it....REVOLT!!!
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FightinTigersDammit
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Farmerville LA
Member since Mar 2006
2663 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 5:40 pm to cuyahoga tiger)
New Normal(TM)....Elections Have Consequences....etc,etc, etc
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udtiger
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| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 5:54 pm to Lsut81)
Because Obama is a motherfricking liar.
Oh, 17000th post.
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Bestbank Tiger 
Tulane Fan
Landmass Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2005
15766 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 5:55 pm to Lsut81)
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10k Teachers Laid Off
Calling BS on this one
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FBI Agents Furloughed
So what?
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US Attorneys to drop cases and let criminals go free
Let the states handle the prosecutions. Feds don't have the constitutional authority anyway.
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Unemployment benefits to fall by 9.8%
Too bad so sad. Everyone else is tightening their belts.
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TSA employees laid off, unsafe travel
Yes, because they've caught so many terrorists over the past decade.
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foshizzle
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Member since Mar 2008
25141 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/24/13 at 10:28 pm to Lsut81)
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I thought the Sequester cuts are mainly effecting Government Contractors?
Maybe for once feds will do what the private sector generally does in such times - lay off the riff raff and keep the productive.
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redandright
Member since Jun 2011
1613 posts
| re: Sequester Question (Posted on 2/25/13 at 8:38 am to Lsut81)
And then there's this:LINK
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