Should we just go over the "Fiscal Cliff" and see what happens?
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I myself would like to see what happens; see the Pres. and his little minions scurrying around like the little animals they are; OR would that just be what they want?
That may be what they want
all along; or not...
That may be what they want
all along; or not...Read More: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-b...
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Risk 2012/11/30 20:28:49Undecided
+12The majority of the American public believes Congress is at fault, which is BS ! It takes two to tango, but Obama has got the public believing Congress is to blame and he's playing it for all it's worth. If the public was truly aware of all the facts he wouldn't be president.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin
Freedom and Liberty is not consistent with Big Government that have and always will be bitter enemies.
too many people doing redundant work; 5 or 6 doing the job of one; we have too many Czars drawing salaries; Hell; what do they even do?
Too many departments; streamline it..that's what good businesses do..and if any business needs it; the US Government does; open the books to the public; clean house..
Yeah' like that'll ever happen; and for God's sake; get rid of all the damn lawyers; you write a bill; make it where a 7th grader can understand it; our government and society is too litigious..make it a good place to be from; again....grow a pair America..get on the stick; clean up your act; and cut out all lifetime pensions of The Senate and The House; once they're gone; the American people don't owe them anything..and that's just a start
I'll tell ya. When I worked for a government agency, my budget had NO FAT in it at all that I could not itemize the job. I used zero based budgeting for over 15 years and was NEVER ONCE questioned on how I managed to keep such a lean operation and get ALL the work done as required by my superiors. And when the screamed they needed something more done, I'd always come back with a cost analysis of every component of the task being requested and say "Ok you come up with the money, I'll get the job done"
And no, a 7th grader could not possibly write legislation - bills - that would work. Way to many variables. More than just a few times I had to testify before House and Senate committees to tell them just how foolish their bills were and how much more they were going to cost the public.
Nope, A lot more goes into making law than you think. Oh and by the way, the retirement benefits of the Senate and House are chicken feed. As a percent of the total budget their benefit package makes up less than 1/100th of a percent of the total budget.
people need to see it all; enough with the lies; if this causes the country to burn; than I was right all along anyway....
Freedom and Liberty is not consistent with Big Government they have and always will be bitter enemies.
I was NOT the typical government employee. I was totally the opposite. If my net job demands didn't need a job they had listed in the budget it went bye bye. At the same time if there was a job that was needed and it wasn't there and it was a critical job then I made damned sure that it was documented and included.
And by the way, Freedom and Liberty are not at odds when it comes to big government. You just need to make sure that the big government is run correctly at every level, From the very bottom to the very top.
The people on the bottom are no different that you and I. The ones on top, just as in big business today, need to understand that it is the people who contract them to do the work of the citizens ARE in control, just as with big business we don't like their ethics we boycott them and they are out of business.
At the same time when the direction of the countries social conscience heads in one way, they better get on board or they will be left behind.
The Government is in bed with Big Business, you wouldn't have a government job if it wouldn't, so spare me your rethoric.
Just now the President wants total control over this Nations Finances, to raise the debt limit as he sees fit, which is totally unconstitutional. This is who you are. Tyrant.
The straw that broke the camels back was when the director hired two assistants that were so blatant that they were tried, convicted and jailed for 15 years for theft and fraud. After that the district put in place checks and balances and a massive program to cut costs and do the job the people hired us to do.
From that point on, our agency ran as tight a ship as was possible AND every single project and program came in ahead of time and under budget. Why? Because we were PROFESSIONAL at what we did. We instituted programs that saved money and at the same time brought education to our employees that allowed them to do their jobs better and more efficiently.
It took us a long time to get it right, but finally we did and the net result has been that the agency is look up to by the rest of the industry.
This is not simple rhetoric or back slapping, it is real fact. Our employees were encouraged to find cost savings at every opportunity...
The straw that broke the camels back was when the director hired two assistants that were so blatant that they were tried, convicted and jailed for 15 years for theft and fraud. After that the district put in place checks and balances and a massive program to cut costs and do the job the people hired us to do.
From that point on, our agency ran as tight a ship as was possible AND every single project and program came in ahead of time and under budget. Why? Because we were PROFESSIONAL at what we did. We instituted programs that saved money and at the same time brought education to our employees that allowed them to do their jobs better and more efficiently.
It took us a long time to get it right, but finally we did and the net result has been that the agency is look up to by the rest of the industry.
This is not simple rhetoric or back slapping, it is real fact. Our employees were encouraged to find cost savings at every opportunity. I'll give you and example of just how deep this commitment went to do the best job we could do.
Our service department did a zero based study on how much we were spending on brake jobs for the vehicles. They found that not only were we spending about 40% more by having a contractor do the work but we had no control over the quality of the work. When problems arose it was a time wasting process to deal with warranty claims of shoddy workmanship. We brought the entire operation in house. Net Net, we saved over a million dollars a year.
A second example was in the engine servicing. The average oil and filter change was taking 4 hours. Because we had antiquated canister filters on the fleet. We did a study on that and found that we would save more than a $1,350,000 a year in labor alone by retrofitting the entire fleet with spin on filters and do oil analysis every 5000 miles, in house also. The real results were amazing, Our 1st year savings was $1,450,000 INCLUDING the cost of the retrofits. The second year we saved over $2.2 million. These actions reduced our labor expense, our waste oil expense, our hazardous materials expense across the board.
This is not back slapping it is REAL PEOPLE DOING THEIR JOBS. You can't deal with the fact that there are some agencies that DO THEIR JOBS, then I don't need to listen to your negative BS either.
Figure that one out.
Oh and by the way, You better hope they address the AMT by the end of the year as well, cause Almost EVERYONE making over $40K will be paying more under that as well.