Sequestration Was the President's Idea

[deacon blues]

But now he complains that the GOP is threatening the economy with sequestration. Only in Washington can someone propose something as a compromise solution and within a year and a half decry it as dangerous to the economy.

[deacon blues]

Sequestration will NOT be economic Armageddon in spite of what our president says! Lower spending and limited government are the exact right medicine for free-market prosperity. The sequester cuts are pro-growth. Don't listen to the fear mongers! When they start spreading the horror stories of what will happen, be sure that they're lying to you!

More money in the hands of private citizens and private businesses will do MORE for the economy on any given day than in the hands of government bureaucrats

And the "cuts" aren't as bad as they sound. It is a cut in the rate of spending! It's not like it's going from $100 to $50. No it's more like instead of going from $100 to $150 the sequestration forces the rate of spending to be cut from $100 to $125.

Only in Washington can you spend more money at a lesser rate and call it economic Armageddon!

[Nitehawk013]

It may not be armageddon, but I notice most of those who are saying this "cut" is no big deal aren't the people like me that are facing our jobs being cut or hours eliminated.

I work for the Air Force at one of it's primary standards labs. It is important work calibrating equipment to keep planes flying right, survey equipment, etc. We are classified as contractors. If nothing is done to prevent the sequestor...word is we will lose a days pay a week for 22 weeks. 32 hours work instead of 40.

So no...it's not armageddon. Its not mass firings. It is however a substantial hit to our income all b/c that complete idiot in the white house can't pass a budget after 5 years and wants the DoD to take the brunt of the hit.

So while RUsh and others talk about how it really isn't a big deal...that's because he will still pull in his millions in income while potentially millions of us see our income cut (by missing a whole day a week it is the equivalent to my taking a $4 an hour paycut).

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Nitehawk013

It may not be armageddon, but I notice most of those who are saying this "cut" is no big deal aren't the people like me that are facing our jobs being cut or hours eliminated.

I work for the Air Force at one of it's primary standards labs. It is important work calibrating equipment to keep planes flying right, survey equipment, etc. We are classified as contractors. If nothing is done to prevent the sequestor...word is we will lose a days pay a week for 22 weeks. 32 hours work instead of 40.

So no...it's not armageddon. Its not mass firings. It is however a substantial hit to our income all b/c that complete idiot in the white house can't pass a budget after 5 years and wants the DoD to take the brunt of the hit.

So while RUsh and others talk about how it really isn't a big deal...that's because he will still pull in his millions in income while potentially millions of us see our income cut (by missing a whole day a week it is the equivalent to my taking a $4 an hour paycut).

Praying with you on this, Nighthawk.

[Light]

Originally Posted by Nitehawk013

It may not be armageddon, but I notice most of those who are saying this "cut" is no big deal aren't the people like me that are facing our jobs being cut or hours eliminated.

The majority of those saying no big deal here at AFF are preachers or preachers wife's.
Their salaries are safe.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Light

The majority of those saying no big deal here at AFF are preachers or preachers wife's.
Their salaries are safe.

Really? I'm making $3,500 less this year because my taxes went up. And I have a son in the Air Force who has been told his future may be affected by it. And we have people who work for the government in our church and if their salaries go down so does their giving.

But nevertheless the hysteria is over the top. All the liberals can offer is fear and end of the world scenarios.

[AreYouReady?]

When cuts are being talked about, they will always use the excuse that the social programs like Social Security, Medicare, medicaid, Schips and other worthy things are what's eating this country alive. The government supposedly created the social safety nets to raise the standard of living for the citizens of this country. Now they want to call it "entitlements" and include a program (SS) that most people must pay into for a lifetime an entitlement program? Or governmental jobs.

Used to be servicemen and women did the cooking for the military. Now they give no bid contracts to private corporations to see to the needs of the military. These corporations make billions of dollars in profits off the taxpayer.

Why don't they talk about cutting programs like fast and furious, foreign aid, national endowment for the arts...unneeded things. There is a lot of government waste that would probably add up to billions of $$ that could be cut.

[deacon blues]

The "cuts" are reductions in the rate of growth in spending. So we're not talking a subtraction of money. We're talking spending more money but less more money than what was originally planned. It's not a real cut. At least not like the way you and I cut spending.

[deacon blues]

Fear mongering. NBC reports all of the catastrophic things that "could" happen if sequestration kicks in on Friday. They make it sound like the world will stop! What a bunch of dishonest reporting. Most of the cuts don't even kick in for 7 months!!!

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

Fear mongering. NBC reports all of the catastrophic things that "could" happen if sequestration kicks in on Friday. They make it sound like the world will stop! What a bunch of dishonest reporting. Most of the cuts don't even kick in for 7 months!!!

Sequestration will not affect my job, but it WILL affect the jobs of countless hard-working Americans and the lives of many vulnerable Americans. These are people, American citizens and we should only go down this road as if it is the last resort.

I just find it difficult to believe that the Republicans in the House would let this happen to so many Americans!

When it comes to issues of money, it's really the Congress that has the most power and to think they would let this happen is disheartening. Then again, they were happy to see our credit rating reduced as they thought it was an opportunity to make the President look bad.

In another vein of thought...
Today's NBC is not the same as the NBC I grew up with.
Their comedic insults to Christians are relentless.
I have decided to no longer watch it.