Ted Rall for March 08, 2013
March 06, 2013
March 11, 2013
Transcript:
Automatic cuts in the Federal Budget known as the sequester mean that the government won't be able to provide the usual level of services. An overview: 7.9% fewer killer drone strikes. (Voice: Nevermind.) (Voice 2: Back!) 5.3% less water per waterboarding session. (Voice 3: Ok, but this means just 5.3% less Bs intel. 5.8% less cavity searched by TSA airport security agents. (Man: Only go 944.2% of the way up! 7.9% fewer wars. (Man 2: Next year in Iran! 5.8 fewer meetings with the president for corporate CEOs. (Woman: You're only golfing with him holes 1-16.) 5.3% less help for the long-term jobless and foreclosure victims. (Man: What's 5.3% of zero?)
ConserveGov about 11 years ago
Actually, future INCREASED spending(debt) will be reduced by a tiny 2%. Still harsh to those it will effect, but the prez declined to target the cuts in a less disruptive way.
He wanted maximum pain to as many as possible so that he can once again blame the Republicans for his failure to lead.
Mephistopheles about 11 years ago
Ted Rall and I agree on this one: I’m a Republican but I’ve said for a long time that we need less Guns and more Butter.
Starving the TSA of funds is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Same goes for CIA, FBI, BATF.
How about we cut deeply into Federal Prison budget and cut all the people loose whose crime was to exercise freedom (Read hear facist drug laws).
The government keeps saying it can’t get by with less and keep us free. I think there are a lot of places where they can cut deeply and make us all more free.
William Bednar Premium Member about 11 years ago
In the last panel. That guy is clearly overqualified for work. We need the less educated employees who aren’t smart enough to ask questions such as his.