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Old 08-01-2011, 08:53 PM
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lol

don't hold your breath. it's funny, the last couple of years our govt has been telling us that in times of trouble, they're supposed to boost spending. of course, we're supposed to pretend they followed the other half of that axiom, that in times of boom, the govt. cuts back.

oops.
Clinton did. It worked. If only Bush had held that course.

And the House walked the eff out of there today on vacation for a month, leaving 4,000 FAA employees "furloughed" with no pay and no resolution, because our House couldn't get it's freaking act together in the past two weeks.

The House had it's work week changed this Congress by Speaker Boehner, to a 4-day work week, with two weeks on, one week off.

I've had it with most of them.
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Clinton did. It worked. If only Bush had held that course.

And the House walked the eff out of there today on vacation for a month, leaving 4,000 FAA employees "furloughed" with no pay and no resolution, because our House couldn't get it's freaking act together in the past two weeks.

The House had it's work week changed this Congress by Speaker Boehner, to a 4-day work week, with two weeks on, one week off.

I've had it with most of them.
Clinton was the weather man in San Diego, anybody could look good under those circumstances. Does not make him a better meteorologist than the guy in Minnesota, just has an easier time at work is all.
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Old 08-02-2011, 03:23 PM
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Clinton was the weather man in San Diego, anybody could look good under those circumstances. Does not make him a better meteorologist than the guy in Minnesota, just has an easier time at work is all.
True. But he made it better, stronger and didn't abuse it. He also beat Newt into submission.

Yesterday the House went home leaving 4,000 FAA employees, and 90,000 civilian contractors unemployed. I hope the Senate did something today day before they left, but I don't know if they can do it without the House.

I give Speaker Boehner credit for adding 94,000 to the unemployed just yesterday, by literally simply ignoring them and not being able to multi-task. Yay, debt ceiling! While 94,000 wish they had paycheck this week. Oh, but the House has it's month vacation. These current building projects - runways, safety improvements - may not get finished by this winter now, either. But hey, the House is tired from all it's arguing over nothing - they cut out of Washington before the Senate voted this morning.

That's a rotten, bald exposure of how important this whole debt-ceiling-fake-dog-and-pony-show-created false "disaster" was, while real Americans are idle, furloughed, while the House lays back. Disgusting.

And if the media in this country had any journalistic integrity or balls, they'd be mentioned every single night on the evening news, "Day 14 of the FAA furlough, Congress won't be back for another three weeks ... " and interviewing live every FAA and private construction employee they can.
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Old 08-02-2011, 03:48 PM
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And the House walked the eff out of there today on vacation for a month, leaving 4,000 FAA employees "furloughed" with no pay and no resolution, because our House couldn't get it's freaking act together in the past two weeks..
4000 represents less than 10% of their workforce. I suspect like most other Fed agencies they are overstaffed (padded) by 30% plus in addition to being overpaid with far too many beni's. If these workers are not missed they should then be put on permanent furloughs with no pay and pension credits where they stand. Move on to the next department/agency and repeat. The House is smarter than you think!
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4000 represents less than 10% of their workforce. I suspect like most other Fed agencies they are overstaffed (padded) by 30% plus in addition to being overpaid with far too many beni's. If these workers are not missed they should then be put on permanent furloughs with no pay and pension credits where they stand. Move on to the next department/agency and repeat. The House is smarter than you think!
I'd say those people are indeed being missed, as we have safety people continuing to work to protect you ass today at airports at NO PAY right now, just because it must be done or risk the publics life. They don't have to be there - they are furloughed.

And we also have those 4,000 supervisors and 90,000 contractors who had to walk away from construction projects in progress (runways, safety) just abandoning them in the middle. Makes it fun for the airports, huh? Makes it even more fun if the projects are not finished and have to be held over?

And how about that $30 million a day in the FAA fees we are NOT COLLECTING. The airlines, by the way, have raised their own fees to keep fares the same and are currently gouging the customers by taking those FAA fees for themselves.

So a good days work by our current Congress: 94,000 people laid off, millions being lost daily in revenue, projects delayed and made more expensive, safety of public at risk without the dedication of these employees over money.

And Congress went on vacation and left these people hanging.

Yay! What complete fecking idiots. I cannot wait until 2012.
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