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TheTrustedMechanic said, 3 months ago
He also never said the world would end due to the sequester. As usual ramirez is just another propagandist mouthpiece is appealing to the party and fabricating a lie to trot out. Sadly, with so much accurate information available at the type of a keyboard, the weak minded will still believe the lie, support it and repeat it.
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And a similar note though, today in the local paper was an article headlined. “Sequester cuts would affect airport, tourists and students.” It was referring to the Cherry Capitol Airport where many tourists fly into to visit beautiful Northern Lower Michigan (truly God’s country), students for the Interlochen Center for The Arts, a world renowned arts camp, fly into the airport for their summer camp experience, and just regular residents use the airport for air travel. All of this and a few summer jobs for college students will be affected by the sequester cuts all because of the intransigence in congress.
ansonia
said, 3 months ago
@TheTrustedMechanic
Hahaha, great cartoon. Perfect and spot on.
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Obama has authority to make cuts where he wants them. If he makes cuts that affect summer jobs/tourists, then he did it for maximum effect.
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Like Janet Napolitano standing in front of cameras the next day talking about all the extra long lines at airports and extra long waiting times. Yet the airports all reported nothing out of the ordinary.
Wraithkin said, 3 months ago
@TheTrustedMechanic
Mechanic, the problem is that the House Republicans have offered up a bill that gives Obama the ability to make cuts surgically instead of roughshod like they are, and he turned them down. Why? Because he doesn’t want to go on record for what cuts he would make; he doesn’t want to have his fingerprints on anything that has to do with scaling back the growth of government. It’s the same reason a budget has yet to be passed since 2009. No-one in the democratic party has the moral courage to stand up and go on record for what they are doing. That’s why we’re having these budget battles in the first place.
ansonia
said, 3 months ago
@Wraithkin
I’m going to take this a half-step farther. He wants the American people to believe this is all the Republicans’ fault. He says it in his campaign speeches. He wants Americans to think Republicans caused their pain, that he can fix it, but only if he gets a super majority in 2014.
jack75287 said, 3 months ago
What this is, is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. He and his staff said first responders would be let off & air traffic controllers would be laid off. That was the mean fear mongering. Now that we find the cuts will be equal to about 9 days of borrowing, well Obama now looks foolish.
exoticdoc2 said, 3 months ago
The Obamanation has lied so often he has absolutely no credibility…of course, he never had any to begin with, either. Libs always make threats to thnigs that will get a reaction out of people, public cuts that people may actually care about. As soon as they want to steal more of your hard earned money they shriek and wail about cutting police, fire, and public park services (and in the Obamanation’s case, the ludicrous act of cutting out the insignificant White House tours cost as a token to try and get people upset), totally ignoring the wasteful spending. Rather than services the government should actually be a part of, why not cut the overblown government with its overhiring of worthless cubicle workers, and reign in the gold plated pensions and benefits the corrupt public employee unions have demanded? How about cutting out all aid to the illegal aliens which costs us literally billions every year in health care, welfare, housing, education, etc.? Cut back on the wasteful spending on the many corrupt social programs that serve no useful purpose and only encourage the lazy the sit around and suckle at the government teat rather than actually finding work? There are many places that could be cut apart from the services they choose to cut simply to evoke a reaction from the ignorant and uninformed to get them to vote for more taxes on themselves (or, in many cases, others, which is why it is so effective…who cares if they tax the other guy?).
jack75287 said, 3 months ago
@TheTrustedMechanic
Explain this:
http://griffin.house.gov/sites/griffin.house.gov/files/email.pdf
An email that shows not to disagree with offical doctrin on the sequester.
ninety_nine_percent said, 3 months ago
The radical rich have told the politicians they have bribed that they will not pay $1 trillion dollars for the war that GW Bush started. So the Republican Party is pushing the cost of the war onto the middle class. That is what this sequestration is all about, everything else is smoke and mirrors.
jack75287 said, 3 months ago
@exoticdoc2
Amen, even if we phase out the benefits to the illegal aliens that would be something. But what gets me is the fact we spend four or five times the money we will save on the cuts for empty or near empty office buildings.
190 Billion a year for maintenance on unused buildings. Sell them save money and maybe get a few hundred billion in return. Nice start I say.
D PB said, 3 months ago
@jack75287
I hope you don’t expect a well reasoned and thoughtful response.
He will be the first to spew crap with no linkage to substantiation and then demand it when someone else counters his argument, so don’t hold your breath.
dtroutma
said, 3 months ago
“Nonessential services” need to be cut first. That DOES include 80% of Homeland Security/TSA costs, 40% of Defense-mostly contracting, and yes White House tours.
Having been through “across the board” cuts from Reagan, Bush 41, and observed where Republicans want cuts now, it’s interesting that they always target any regulatory agencies and personnel first. That wolf in the henhouse has always been, and remains, corporate bosses of mostly Republican administrations and members of Congress (but it certainly isn’t exclusive!)
What’s really disturbing is that folks like Ramirez and Rush baldly put forth a lot of junk, and their “followers” who know nothing at all of how government actually operates, swallow it hook, line, sinker, and garbage scow boat.
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 3 months ago
@exoticdoc2
Mr. Ex Dog, do you really believe what you rant on your posts? Oh! I am sorry, Let me re-phrase that! What in hell are you saying! Why is that all the blame must go to the “Illegals” ? Show us some sources and if you have any numbers, statistics or anything that you (I hope) have to substantiate your inane statements, someone should make you see reality staring at your face, Whether good or bad according to which side of the fence you’re standing in, The so called “Illegals” as you love to label them, are a force to be reckoned with, This country was build with people that came from another (many countries) place and It was built to suit the need of those people, Now that said, THINGS CHANGE! if you are not willing or have the intelligence to at least adapt, Move over, Lead or Follow or just get the H***l out of the way, Change is the only constant, never forget that! (Oh! and as usual, You’re welcome!)
Wraithkin said, 3 months ago
@dtroutma
Non-essential services are ones that are not required by the constitution. Sadly for you, defense of the nation is one of the “essential services” the federal government is required to provide.
It is not essential for me to subsidize laziness through enhanced food stamp programs. It is not essential for me to pay for someone’s retirement because they failed to plan for it themselves and now rely on Social Security. It is not essential that I pay to provide health care to those who cannot pay their own health insurance (not to be confused with health care).
And let’s also be clear on something: These are cuts to government growth. These aren’t cuts to last year’s amount of money. They are cuts to the planned increases slated for this year. A true “cut” would be to bring spending levels back to 2007 levels. Hell, I’d be okay with 2005 levels. But then, of course, poor little Johnny won’t get his free cell phone paid for by me. Little Johnny can go pound sand.
wmconelly said, 3 months ago
RePubs LOVE the Sequester; ‘cause the military takes a cut they KNOW it needs and didn’t have the testosterone to administer themselves. Go go Repubs! The back door’s good as the front… until the next election at least.
D PB said, 3 months ago
@THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG
You do understand the concept of “a nation of laws?” The things that have changed is you can’t enter this country just because you want to, you seem to have the problem with that.
Immigration did indeed help to build this country, and at this time it is illegal to enter this country without proper documentation and the appropriate visa. Those that choose to enter without following the required laws should not be made whole in any way, they have violated the law.
If you enter this country legally, then welcome. Please take full advantage of the goods, services and opportunities this great country provides to you.
If you have entered this country illegally, you have broken the law. If you are availing yourself of services that are provided for citizens and legal immigrants, you are stealing from them and this country and you should not be able to do that. Go back and complete the appropriate documentation, apply for a visa and wait like all of the other legal immigrants. Just because you can walk across our border does not give you the right or entitlement to do so.
Nice try at conflating the issue though, there is a distinct difference between what you tried to make it and what it really is. Illegal immigration is not the same as legal immigration.
Oh, and as usual, you are welcome too!