.........."A 2011 GAO report gave a sampling of the vastness of what could be cut, consolidated and rationalized in Washington: 44 overlapping job training programs, 18 for nutrition assistance, 82 (!) on teacher quality, 56 dealing with financial literacy, more than 20 for homelessness, etc. Total annual cost: $100 billion to $200 billion, about two to five times the entire domestic sequester.
Are these on the chopping block? No sir. It's firemen first. That's the phrase coined in 1976 by legendary Washington Monthly Editor Charlie Peters to describe the way government functionaries beat back budget cuts.
Dare suggest a nick in the city budget and the mayor immediately shuts down the firehouse. The DMV back office stacked with nepotistic incompetents remains intact. Shrink it and no one would notice. Sell the fire truck — the people scream and the city council falls silent about any future cuts.
Dumb Law
After all, the sequester is just one-half of 1% of GDP. It amounts to 1.4 cents on the dollar of nondefense spending, 2 cents overall.
Because of this year's payroll tax hike, millions of American workers have had to tighten their belts by precisely 2%. They found a way. Washington, spending $3.8 trillion, can't?"...................
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Anyone in power is afraid that the people that give them the power will wake up and realize that they are just fine on their own.
Govt, like news media, is all about marketing. It would be poor marketing to cut something no one would see, it marketing, you are going for the greatest effect. Didn't someone post recently a video of claims that Obama made that he has not followed through with. The lie is the best marketing tool of them all, most effective when people don't even care that they are lies. Most important, don't keep anyone honest.
I think the sequester is good for us. I say double the value of it. We will do just fine. I am giving away money faster than I ever have, given all the opportunity out there for non employee types, we can help our fellow citizens better than some big govt. If I see more suffering, I will be compelled to give even more...directly to those in need in stead of bureaucrats.
