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re: This is why I will NEVER vote for a tax increase of any kind!
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:14 pm to SwampyWaters
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:14 pm to SwampyWaters
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I guess a $35,000 Camry is beneath them
Hard to get some of the places they work in a 4 door sedan.
This is how every level of federal and state job is. You never spend under your budget, ever. If they see you can be more efficient and minimize cost, they will 100% slice up your budget and reallocate it elsewhere.
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Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:26 pm to SwampyWaters
This why I always laugh when I see people talk about how underfunded Birmingham public schools are. I know how much unnecessary shite they load up on through the business I work for.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:29 pm to SwampyWaters
Govt at every step from small communities to the largest cities, states, and federal govt was 75% of every dollar they take in.
Either via corruption or incompetence or simply waste. People should be livid at any hint of any tax increase of any kind.
Either via corruption or incompetence or simply waste. People should be livid at any hint of any tax increase of any kind.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:34 pm to SwampyWaters
Step 1: pass law to cut unspent portion of budgets
Step 2: praise yourself for your steps on saving money
Step 3: spend frivolously still
Step 4: watch the populace focus on #1
Step 2: praise yourself for your steps on saving money
Step 3: spend frivolously still
Step 4: watch the populace focus on #1
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:35 pm to SwampyWaters
Saw this in the military.
The best way to solve it would to make a portion of savings from one year should be reimbursed to the agency as a bonus to the employees. Then they will actually start cutting costs.
The best way to solve it would to make a portion of savings from one year should be reimbursed to the agency as a bonus to the employees. Then they will actually start cutting costs.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:36 pm to 3nOut
LPTA
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:39 pm to SwampyWaters
And you blame a Democratic president, wake up mfer George Bush spend money like a drunken sailor on his last shore leave.
The pentagon doesn’t really have a budget, and they haven’t been audited in decades and can’t even account for trillions of dollars. Both parties are to blame, there isn’t a an once of fiscal responsibility among them
The pentagon doesn’t really have a budget, and they haven’t been audited in decades and can’t even account for trillions of dollars. Both parties are to blame, there isn’t a an once of fiscal responsibility among them
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:41 pm to SwampyWaters
This story is as old as time. Every government agency spends to the max of their budget.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:41 pm to SwampyWaters
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His boss informed him that if they didn't spend it, their budget would be cut and they would never see that money again.
Correct and next year when he needs the money he won't have it. This is not shocking. I work in the government and it's like that from the highest level to the city level.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:42 pm to SwampyWaters
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He meets with his superior and thought his boss would be impressed that he saved so much money, but received the shock of his career. Before he could even end his sentence, his boss tells him to spend it immediately. His boss informed him that if they didn't spend it, their budget would be cut and they would never see that money again.
Subtle "never been involved in a budgetary process" brag
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:42 pm to SwampyWaters
quote:This goes on in every level if government and in many corporations as well. Nothing new.
Before he could even end his sentence, his boss tells him to spend it immediately. His boss informed him that if they didn't spend it, their budget would be cut and they would never see that money again
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:48 pm to SwampyWaters
Did he get new chairs or a copier?
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:51 pm to SwampyWaters
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His boss informed him that if they didn't spend it, their budget would be cut and they would never see that money again.
Can absolutely attest to this in state government. Every June everyone is getting new printers, a boat load of ink, stocking up on toilet paper, light bulbs, etc. whatever is needed to spend that money.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:54 pm to SwampyWaters
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his boss tells him to spend it immediately. His boss informed him that if they didn't spend it, their budget would be cut and they would never see that money again. So his brother followed the orders he was given and sat down and ordered over a half million dollars of useless shite!
It’s the crux of the problem. Not just at federal level. Some new money hog is nosing into the trough to get their due and some of yours to spare. Survival of the most bloated. Other people’s money is cheap to the profligate.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:56 pm to SwampyWaters
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His brother really tried to do a good job purchasing items at the lowest price and had over a half million dollars left due to cutting back on frivolous spending. He meets with his superior and thought his boss would be impressed that he saved so much money, but received the shock of his career. Before he could even end his sentence, his boss tells him to spend it immediately. His boss informed him that if they didn't spend it, their budget would be cut and they would never see that money again. So his brother followed the orders he was given and sat down and ordered over a half million dollars of useless shite!
Welcome to government
This happens at ALL levels
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:57 pm to SwampyWaters
Posted on 7/19/23 at 12:57 pm to SwampyWaters
Education is much the same. What you do not spend, they take back
Posted on 7/19/23 at 1:00 pm to MoarKilometers
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When have you ever voted on federal taxes
The overwhelming majority of this board lives in Louisiana.
Do you think things operate differently at the state or local level around here?
Posted on 7/19/23 at 1:00 pm to dgnx6
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They have never passed an audit.
I thought everyone understood that this is because of the black budget.
Posted on 7/19/23 at 1:30 pm to SwampyWaters
This was explained to Michael Scott by Oscar as though Michael was a 5-year old:
"Mom and Dad give you $10 to start a lemonade stand. After you buy the cups, lemons, and sugar you see you only spent $9 and give the $1 back to mom and dad. Next summer, you only get $9 to run your lemonade stand because that's how much they think it costs."
"Mom and Dad give you $10 to start a lemonade stand. After you buy the cups, lemons, and sugar you see you only spent $9 and give the $1 back to mom and dad. Next summer, you only get $9 to run your lemonade stand because that's how much they think it costs."
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