Comments on: Sequester Madness 2

By: sch

sch — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:57:00 +0000

Re the Smokies: they had a major landslide knocking out the main trans-park road Fed Hwy 441 this past month, maybe 100 acres of hill side slumped. Be interesting to see how the sequester affects repairs.

By: agassiz830

agassiz830 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:13:00 +0000

For something to be a service, there needs to be choice; true services may be declined.

By: agassiz830

agassiz830 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:12:00 +0000

Other than defense, there were no spending cuts, correct? SO anything being cut by other agencies such as the park service is a cut made to enable larger spending increases by them on other things, correct?

By: Eris Guy

Eris Guy — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:26:00 +0000

I see the federal government has a need for tough gun control laws.

By: marque2

marque2 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:03:00 +0000

I believe that the government is based lined as 7% more than last year, and this sequester amounts to 2.2 - 3% reduction depending on how you count it. Making the INCREASE for this year only 4 - 4.8%

If you look at inflation for last year 1.75% and add in population growth of 0.9% the government should really be growing only 2.65% this year to break even.

2.65 vs 4%(sequestered) vs 7% (baselined)

I think even with the sequester the government is still growing at least 1% too fast.

By: marque2

marque2 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:47:00 +0000

Some of the hysteria is almost comical. 800,000 civilian jobs will be lost in the military alone - wait it costs about 100K per employee with salary and benefits.

Wait a minute, that amounts to 80 billion in savings for the military alone! And the total cut is suppose to be 85 billion. Is someone lying to us?

By: morganovich

morganovich — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:05:00 +0000

yup, that's been the bread and butter play in the california playbook for decades.

i also note that the feds are threatening to cut TSA and create 3 hour lines at airports as an extremely visible way to annoy voters and make then hate the sequester. this seems, at it's core, to be simple pavlovian conditioning. cut funding, wait in line.

By: MNHawk

MNHawk — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:58:00 +0000

Heh, I always have seen it in practice. I didn't know it had a tried and true name. Look at your local schools. Is it the 3rd assistant to the Vice Principle for Diversity that's cut? No, it's the Band teacher that's cut. It's the Football program. Rinse and repeat.

By: mesocyclone

mesocyclone — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:29:00 +0000

So what's the surprise? When the Republicans held Clinton's feet to the fire on spending, he shut down the most visible and popular functions of government - including national parks. Of course it's going to happen this time. Our Democrat masters are sending us a message: pay up or suffer.

By: SamWah

SamWah — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:28:00 +0000

Just like local gummints--got to cut cops, firemen, and teachers. Can't cut nobody else. Seen it too many times.