Are you one of the 97 million Americans that work for or depend on the Federal Government? You are now "up a creek".

[g5000]

Why are we spending close to 50% of our budget on the military? That is not needed at such a high rate.

See post 79.

 

[g5000]

/——/ BOO HOO HOO. Elections have consequences.

Funny. I did not see you say this while Biden was in office.

 

[hadit]

Cuts can be made to the military. No country should be spending half of their budget on the military, especially when we have a better military than the next top 10 countries in the world COMBINED. We could cut 10% of the spending there and it would solve 90% of the problem

We could cut much more than that if we stopped being the world's police force. Of course, that would mean we couldn't dictate who got to run which country and whom they killed to get there.

 

[Mac1958]

There are a total of 95 million Americans that depend on the Federal government for help. That is 1/4th of all Americans who would be affected in some way with the Federal work force being cut down.

It is a government spending-cuts thing, which is intended to solve some of the over-spending that is being done, but like everything that Trump does, it is an extreme solution that is highly likely to cause more problems that it solves. In addition, it is "My way or the highway" thinking that does not involve anyone other than Republicans for the decision being made.

Not only is it "over the top and extreme", but it is a dictator's approach to taking total power.

Our democracy is at risk of being lost.

HEY, BREAKING NEWS!

I just heard that the congressional GQP is going to push through a bill that really puts their money where their mouth is! They're gonna end all congressional pensions going forward, require themselves to get their own health care, put term limits on themselves, and prohibit themselves from communicating with those corrupt lobbyists! They're leading the way! They're taking one for the team! WHAT PATRIOTS they are!

Ha ha, got you, just kidding!

 

[hadit]

HEY, BREAKING NEWS!

I just heard that the congressional GQP is going to push through a bill that really puts their money where their mouth is! They're gonna end all congressional pensions going forward, require themselves to get their own health care, put term limits on themselves, and prohibit themselves from communicating with those corrupt lobbyists! They're leading the way! They're taking one for the team! WHAT PATRIOTS they are!

Ha ha, got you, just kidding!

And that is why there will never be meaningful reform of Congress. You simply won't ever get any as long as they can vote themselves benefits.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Why are so many lefties economically daft?



Do you guys understand the concept?

 

[jc456]

Because we'd have to change the fundamental nature of the military in order to enact significant cuts. In order for us to continue being able to project overwhelming military power rapidly around the globe, we have to have bases all over the world, and those are expensive. We have to have ordinance available to go at a moment's notice, and that's expensive. We have to have personnel ready to go anywhere at any time and that's expensive. If we changed the military to defensive only and allowed the rest of the world to duke it out amongst themselves, we could seriously cut military spending.

So, we have a choice, keep spending big bucks, be the world's police force and enforce a semblance of peace, or cut back and watch the world's enemies kill each other in mass slaughters. Naturally, those who want to cut military spending now would be horrified to watch the disasters unfold and Uncle Sam do nothing.

He hasn't paid attention on when Trump won he told the NATO folks you'll be giving us money for support. He's not even aware trump won.

 

[jc456]

Why are so many lefties economically daft?



Do you guys understand the concept?

They can't add 1+1 and get 2. You want them to understand how the money moves in the country?

 

[jc456]

Not just our democracy. Think about the affect on the economy resulting from 1/4 of the workforce being negatively impacted financially by Dotard's actions.

Then again, if the goal is to bring America to its knees the orange enemy of the state is off to a great start.

those 1/4 don't contribute to pay off the national debt you know that right?

 

[blackhawk]

If they are not essential they should go any honest person knows there is a lot of unnecessary stuff and people in government that could be cut.

 

[alang1216]

That's ridiculous and you knew it

Yes, Trump is ridiculous, almost as bad as those that believe he is telling them the truth.

 

[ColonelAngus]

They can't add 1+1 and get 2. You want them to understand how the money moves in the country?

Oh, right…

They claim 1+1=2 is TRANSPHOBIC!

 

[Missouri_Mike]

this is where we could cut a lot and yet it is not being considered at all. Our defense budget is almost 50% of the entire spending budget.

The U.S. Spends More on Its Military Than the Next 10 Countries …​

It should be 100% of the budget since it’s the only thing the feds should be involved in.

 

[SweetTea]

But a blanket removal of every employee without regard of the impacts is pure idiocy.

As opposed to a blanket mulligan without regard to cost, efficiency or competency? That has always been the Democrat’s MO. I’ll take the Trump approach. Remove them and add back what may be necessary. You may be surprised at just how much will never be missed.

 

[ColonelAngus]

As opposed to a blanket mulligan without regard to cost, efficiency or competency? That has always been the Democrat’s MO. I’ll take the Trump approach. Remove them and add back what may be necessary. You may be surprised at just how much will never be missed.

Schumer and Schiff made it clear, preemptive pardons prove guilt.

 

[Concerned American]

So fuck the other 75% of Americans right?

So now you are contradicting yourself? In the OP you claim that 97 million or 1/4 of the country's population is in danger and now you up that to 75%? LMAO. You're just all over the place----as usual. Just your typical partisan BS. The gov't is bloated. He could remove fully a quarter of the gov't workforce and no one would ever notice---Except the treasury.

 

[rightwinger]

As opposed to a blanket mulligan without regard to cost, efficiency or competency? That has always been the Democrat’s MO. I’ll take the Trump approach. Remove them and add back what may be necessary. You may be surprised at just how much will never be missed.

Doesn’t work like that
You are removing people with 10-15 years of experience and replacing them with novices

Why would anyone want to work for the Federal Govt given the rampant hatred from the Trump administration?

 

[alang1216]

There are a total of 95 million Americans that depend on the Federal government for help. That is 1/4th of all Americans who would be affected in some way with the Federal work force being cut down.

It is a government spending-cuts thing, which is intended to solve some of the over-spending that is being done, but like everything that Trump does, it is an extreme solution that is highly likely to cause more problems that it solves. In addition, it is "My way or the highway" thinking that does not involve anyone other than Republicans for the decision being made.

Not only is it "over the top and extreme", but it is a dictator's approach to taking total power.

Our democracy is at risk of being lost.

I get social security and there was an issue with my account. It was not my error and I eventually got through to a person after numerous attempts and they said they forwarded it to their payment division to resume my checks. It has been 2 months since I contacted them and my check has yet to arrive. I'm lucky and don't depend on my SS but others are not so fortunate so this would be a hardship for some rather than an inconvenience for me.

I'm pretty sure the SS administration's infrastructure is underfunded and understaffed. I'm afraid it will only get worse under this GOP administration but I don't see that they care how their policies affect real people, only how it affects their budget.

 

[jc456]

So now you are contradicting yourself? In the OP you claim that 97 million or 1/4 of the country's population is in danger and now you up that to 75%? LMAO. You're just all over the place----as usual. Just your typical partisan BS. The gov't is bloated. He could remove fully a quarter of the gov't workforce and no one would ever notice---Except the treasury.

he's a demofk and rationality doesn't matter.

 

[Luckyone]

I get social security and there was an issue with my account. It was not my error and I eventually got through to a person after numerous attempts and they said they forwarded it to their payment division to resume my checks. It has been 2 months since I contacted them and my check has yet to arrive. I'm lucky and don't depend on my SS but others are not so fortunate so this would be a hardship for some rather than an inconvenience for me.

I'm pretty sure the SS administration's infrastructure is underfunded and understaffed. I'm afraid it will only get worse under this GOP administration but I don't see that they care how their policies affect real people, only how it affects their budget.

Bingo!