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03-13-2013, 5:56am | #1 | ||||||
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So let me get this straight...
What I've seen so far:
1). All airshows/flyovers cancelled 2). Entire UH-1 fleet ground 3). C-130s grounded in the near future 4). 90% of all TDYs/excercises cancelled 5). One of my squadrons is now idle looking for work 6). Heat turned off in housing...suppose to be in the 30s tonight 7). Tuition assistance turned off 8). Naval aircraft carrier unable to refuel 9). Base event that has been a part of base history since the base existed...cancelled 10). DoD employees = 20% pay cut 11). Housing doing emergency repairs only...hope your toilet keeps working Sure glad the president and congress still have their paychecks and vacations. |
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All because the children in congress can't reach a compromise.
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03-13-2013, 6:33am | #3 | ||||||
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#8 Continued) The Navy also began plans to gradually shut down four of its air wings - which include 50 to 60 aircraft each and are assigned to the carriers - and delay and cancel the deployments of several other ships.
#10 continued) Along with the DoD,Furlough notices will begin going out later this month to about 800,000 defense department civilians, who will lose a day's pay each week for more than five months. The Army will let go more than 3,000 temporary and contract employees and beginning in April, it will cancel maintenance at depots which will force 5,000 more layoffs. And,of course,the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy's Blue Angels will cancel air show appearances. 12) Coast Guard rescue aircraft will fly fewer hours and cutters will patrol the seas for fewer hours. Emergencies will be a priority and interdictions of illegal immigrants, drugs and illegal fishing could decline. 13) Pentagon investments in countering cyberthreats and nuclear proliferation will be at risk. The agency could be hit hard because it depends heavily on military and civilian personnel to accomplish its mission. My budget got cut 38%. Not good. Might be losing some heads. |
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2% cuts to expected increases.
They are still spending more than last year. Screw impeachment, can we get Obama on treason yet? |
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I wonder if the Coast Guard will stop patrolling Lake Texoma. Not to many Al Quaeda folks sneaking across the lake between Texas and Oklahoma, yet, there's the Coast Guard.
I'm sorry for everyone personally effected, and yes, there are plenty of deadbeats that should be cut off first, but when you borrow $ .40 of every dollar you spend, damn, at some point you need to quit doing that. This sequester doesn't do anything CLOSE to ending deficit spending, so we need MORE cuts, not less. |
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Instead of sanctions, they should have all agreed to resign if a compromise wasn't reached. THEN, they would find one fast.
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It's bass-ackwards. I don't want a compromise. It's never advantageous to compromise with socialists. |
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Sounds like we surrendered and don't remember it.
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I could easy cut the budget by over 50% and not even touch defense.....
eliminate ALL 'entitlement' payments.... let the cities burn if they that stupid..... |
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As much as all of that bothers me, this perhaps burns my ass more than anything I think...
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Don't forget the $150 million to study fat lesbians
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By doing this for only $100 million, you have just save the .gov $50 million. Thank you for your sacrifices!
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The sequester was Obama's brainchild and he lies about it being so. But given a chance to do as much damage as possible to America, do you think for one minute he'd pass that up?
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Forgot to mention the pay cut we took this year due to the increased taxes, while the Congress and WH still recived a pay increase even after not passing a budget for years.
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