AMEN!!!! This was managed to make sure that the American public suffered the worst discomfort over a very minimal spending cut.
In the private sector, suppliers are asked to find cost efficiencies all the time and many do. But ask the government to get by with 1 cent less and you would think it was an Unamerican request.
Ramirez calls it a 2% budget cut which seems small, but when you factor the actual budget minus 2% it amounts to 600 million dollars being cut from the FAA.
And then you wing nuts wonder why we call you crazy people…
@"trusted"mechanic…I’m sure ScottPM will give you a better answer,but I read quoted testimony to Congress in a hearing on the FAA sequester, the people working in control towers told Congress that in meetings, the top job holders in FAA said they were going to use furloughs FIRST in order to anger the public airline users, by delayed and cancelled flights to inconvenience them. It was FAA obeying Obama’s agenda to stick it to the Public to try to turn Americans against cutting the massive annual over-spending of the Democrats in power in the White House and in Congress.(sworn testimony)….
Speaking of tanks on the desert, and “backed up” air travel, there are an amazing number of aircraft stored out in the desert because the airlines have reduced flights and fleets so that every flight is full, well, actually , most are overbooked, so getting where you’re going is getting a lot harder, as fairs go up!
There are two things that people are missing. It’s not about the 2% “cut,” it’s about comparative spending. It’s a 2% decrease in the increased spending levels. Based on what I’ve found, it’s not a true cut, just a slow-down in the increase of expenditures.Secondly, why are we furloughing employees when TSA is buying new uniforms? $50 million for uniforms. By some math, that’s about $1,000 per TSA employee. We shrink this to say… $500 per employee (which is still a lot, because my work doesn’t pay for my business casual dress code), and you just saved $25 million. And it’s not like TSA employees are poor; I know a few of them and they are making decent money. They can afford to buy a couple new shirts for themselves. So how many Air Traffic Controllers will $25 million support? Pretty sure it’s more than what are being furloughed. This is politics, pure and simple.
Hey! Let’s save even more by firing the POTUS who came up with the idea of sequestration, then pretended he didn’t, and all the minions who blindly followed him. How’s that save money? Well, replace them with people who actually care about this country and will do the job for a lot less money.
Mephistopheles almost 11 years ago
AMEN!!!! This was managed to make sure that the American public suffered the worst discomfort over a very minimal spending cut.
In the private sector, suppliers are asked to find cost efficiencies all the time and many do. But ask the government to get by with 1 cent less and you would think it was an Unamerican request.
rockngolfer almost 11 years ago
Airports are not going to fix runways to save the money to pay air traffic controllers. Let’s see how that works out.
d_legendary1 almost 11 years ago
Ramirez calls it a 2% budget cut which seems small, but when you factor the actual budget minus 2% it amounts to 600 million dollars being cut from the FAA.
And then you wing nuts wonder why we call you crazy people…
disgustedtaxpayer almost 11 years ago
@"trusted"mechanic…I’m sure ScottPM will give you a better answer,but I read quoted testimony to Congress in a hearing on the FAA sequester, the people working in control towers told Congress that in meetings, the top job holders in FAA said they were going to use furloughs FIRST in order to anger the public airline users, by delayed and cancelled flights to inconvenience them. It was FAA obeying Obama’s agenda to stick it to the Public to try to turn Americans against cutting the massive annual over-spending of the Democrats in power in the White House and in Congress.(sworn testimony)….
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
Speaking of tanks on the desert, and “backed up” air travel, there are an amazing number of aircraft stored out in the desert because the airlines have reduced flights and fleets so that every flight is full, well, actually , most are overbooked, so getting where you’re going is getting a lot harder, as fairs go up!
Wraithkin almost 11 years ago
There are two things that people are missing. It’s not about the 2% “cut,” it’s about comparative spending. It’s a 2% decrease in the increased spending levels. Based on what I’ve found, it’s not a true cut, just a slow-down in the increase of expenditures.Secondly, why are we furloughing employees when TSA is buying new uniforms? $50 million for uniforms. By some math, that’s about $1,000 per TSA employee. We shrink this to say… $500 per employee (which is still a lot, because my work doesn’t pay for my business casual dress code), and you just saved $25 million. And it’s not like TSA employees are poor; I know a few of them and they are making decent money. They can afford to buy a couple new shirts for themselves. So how many Air Traffic Controllers will $25 million support? Pretty sure it’s more than what are being furloughed. This is politics, pure and simple.
Kim0158 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Hey! Let’s save even more by firing the POTUS who came up with the idea of sequestration, then pretended he didn’t, and all the minions who blindly followed him. How’s that save money? Well, replace them with people who actually care about this country and will do the job for a lot less money.