A note about the impending cliff we are about to fall off
this Friday that we call sequestration.
This is a spending cut bill that was enacted by Congress
some time ago that basically imposed budget cuts automatically to many federal
agencies and programs IF Congress could not come up with a better budget bill;
this bill was really a threat to Congress to get together and pass a budget all
could live with…they did NOT and now the automatic cuts start this Friday.
The cuts will start Friday because the Democrats and
Republicans cannot agree on anything…so be it!
I think we all can agree that OUR politicians are all
assholes and really do not work for us or represent us but only represent
themselves and only care about their party and being re-elected.
I am especially pissed at Obama and his stooges since he is
in a leadership position yet he cannot lead or compromise but keeps playing
stupid politics even though he doesn’t have to since he will not run again.
The actual cuts that will be automatically enacted represent
$85 Billion which is a lot but when viewed in the context of our $3.6 TRILLION
budget; it ain't so much.
Obama has decided to scare the voting public by crying the
sky is falling if this bill takes effect; transportation delays, laying off
first responders, teachers, etc. etc. etc.
An example is the Transportation Department getting cut by
$1 Billion out of a $74 Billion budget. Obama is saying that air traffic
controllers would have to be laid off. That is total bullshit since the $1
Billion in cuts could be addressed by cutting spending on bullshit items that
are not critical to our travel safety…I hope you can see how preposterous Obama’s
warnings are.
But here is the crux of the matter and responsible for the divisiveness
between political parties: Obama wants new taxes on the “rich” to pay for cuts
to the budget which the Republicans say no way!
Obama can follow recommendations by budget analysts that
would cut $100 Billion in wasteful spending on services that are “duplicated”
by a number of federal agencies but Obama does not want to cut WASTE; he wants
to increase revenues through NEW TAXES and I say Fuck You.
Obama wants to blame the Republicans (and they do share in
the blame) for what is about to happen as a political ploy to get more Democrats
elected next year; he does not seem to care about the average American citizens,
just about his politics no matter how elegantly he puts it.
We have a dysfunctional political system and since the only
way it can change is through our votes; we need to elect more independents with
no political loyalty to either party…maybe LIBERTARIANS?
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