It’s about time the Republicans got billed for there illegal costly war in Iraq. At least Obama finally got the real perpetrator of 911 not Bush. In the future when we do go to War we need to have a tax in place to pay for it.
Bruce: the “real deal” is that the way sequester was structured, by the CONGRESS in the bill, personnel costs can be reduced by not hiring people, or furloughing them, but contracted costs/projects are NOT subject to cancellation. BTW: the Executive branch cannot change salaries, only Congress can change the pay tables.
With all the talk, the glowing, glaring, example is that the long-term cost of the constantly failing F-35 is NOT the $400 billion or so talked about in the press, but now over $1.3 TRILLION in obligations that CAN be cancelled!! That one project alone is way more, of course, than the “sequester” or even the “Ryan budget” will save! (And it won’t destroy Medicare and Affordable Care Act, which, end the subsidy to pharmaceutical companies (no bid) and cut even more billions in wasted spending/read profit for corporate America.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member about 11 years ago
It’s about time the Republicans got billed for there illegal costly war in Iraq. At least Obama finally got the real perpetrator of 911 not Bush. In the future when we do go to War we need to have a tax in place to pay for it.
Kylop about 11 years ago
“…and STILL doesn’t eliminate “deficit” spending,…”Bruce, Reagan taught Cheney that deficits don’t matter.
Dtroutma about 11 years ago
Bruce: the “real deal” is that the way sequester was structured, by the CONGRESS in the bill, personnel costs can be reduced by not hiring people, or furloughing them, but contracted costs/projects are NOT subject to cancellation. BTW: the Executive branch cannot change salaries, only Congress can change the pay tables.
With all the talk, the glowing, glaring, example is that the long-term cost of the constantly failing F-35 is NOT the $400 billion or so talked about in the press, but now over $1.3 TRILLION in obligations that CAN be cancelled!! That one project alone is way more, of course, than the “sequester” or even the “Ryan budget” will save! (And it won’t destroy Medicare and Affordable Care Act, which, end the subsidy to pharmaceutical companies (no bid) and cut even more billions in wasted spending/read profit for corporate America.