I CAN SOLVE THE SEQUESTRATION HORROR IN ONE MINUTE

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Posted on 1st March 2013 by Administrator in Economy |Politics |Social Issues

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Cut two aircraft carriers. You probably only need to cut one aircraft carrier because we all know the government will go $23 billion overbudget building the next floating Maginot Line.

Okay. I’ve solved this faux crisis. NEXT.

New Aircraft Carrier Does More with Less Crew

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  1. TPC says:

    I like it. Its simple, and can be explained with crayons, a must if its ever to get the attention of congresscritters or your average american.

    PS: Everyone agrees the government budget needs to be cut, but then freaks if the rate of increases looks for a second like slowing down.

    HOLDONTOYOURBUTTS.jpg

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    1st March 2013 at 9:07 am

  2. Bostonbob says:

    Why the fuck does The Smithsonian have a staff of nearly 5000. I mean it is a really neat museum and I do read their magazine once in a while.I guarrantee that you could cut there staff by 50% and no one would notice for years.
    Bob.

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    1st March 2013 at 9:08 am

  3. Welshman says:

    I served aboard the CVA 38 USS Shangri-La. We affectionly called her ” The Shitty Shang”. If I remember correctly she used 60 gallons of fuel per mile @ 34 knots.

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    1st March 2013 at 9:10 am

  4. Eddie says:

    Eliminate the DHS. Estimated one year savings….59 Billion.

    Bam! Problem solved.

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    1st March 2013 at 9:19 am

  5. Bostonbob says:

    “When we add up the true size of the federal workforce — civil servants, postal workers, military personnel, contractors, grantees, and bailed-out businesses — and add in state- and local-government employees — civil servants, teachers, firefighters, and police officers — we reach the astonishing figure of nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government. That means that about 17 percent of the American labor pool — one in every six workers — owes its living to the taxpayer”.
    Taken from an article posted on On The Mark Written by Ian Murray from the Competitve Enterprise Institute. I did not want to post the whole artcle but here’s a link:

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=number%20of%20people%20in%20us%20federal%20government&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CFsQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmarkstoval.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F04%2F10%2Fhow-many-people-work-for-government%2F&ei=BbcwUfHiFqqK0QHgmYGgBA&usg=AFQjCNFxm-PXDirsEg8Ylo2qkQU-QAUdsg

    Tell me there is no where to cut a government that supports 40 million people. Tell me that there is no waste here. Tell me that all of these jobes are necessary. I will tell you that you sre fill of shit. I wish someone had the balls to walk up to the President, a regular person, not some phony politition and just tell him that he is full of shit.
    Bob.

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    1st March 2013 at 9:22 am

  6. Bostonbob says:

    Sorry ahout the typos, I was pissed when I wrote this.

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    1st March 2013 at 9:24 am

  7. Welshman says:

    Bostonbob,

    Its OK to be pissed. Thick about the medical industry and the flow of gov’t. money. I would bet that 40/50% of my wife’s income comes from medicare / medicaid reinbursment. Maybe AWD could answer that figure of gov’t. payments to the health care industry better.

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    1st March 2013 at 9:55 am

  8. TeresaE says:

    With the radical increase in the size, and scope, of the federal government over the past decade, and the fact the bastards can’t figure out how to cut ANYTHING, just “slow the growth,” it doesn’t matter.

    This bullshit just doesn’t matter.

    One day, our union-prison guards and administrators, are going to find out about reality in the same way our SNAP recipients, students and nurses will.

    Our money will be worth shit and the store shelves will be empty and millions will wake up and realize that people like me were not just Chicken Littles and Conspiracy Nuts.

    Until then, it just doesn’t matter as it is obvious that the only solution left is that nothing material can, nor will, happen until the day the world – and the 1%’ers – say it does.

    What fun.

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    1st March 2013 at 10:01 am

  9. Hope@ZeroKelvin says:

    @TeresaE: Girlfriend, you are seriously depressed this morning!!! Relax, Embrace The Doom, have a good cup of coffee.

    This week I have actually been able to get my white coat buttoned for the first time in 3 years on my diet/exercise program, we have had gorgeous sunrises here in Tx and my mildly autistic/Asberger’s son has been able to order his lunch on line and pay with my credit card.

    It’s the small victories, my friend, at this point.

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    1st March 2013 at 10:32 am

  10. card802 says:

    Pretty good article in Marketwatch: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/easy-money-will-end-in-tears-allan-meltzer-says-2013-03-01

    Easy money will end in tears, Allan Meltzer says.

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    1st March 2013 at 10:37 am

  11. Stucky says:

    THE FACTS

    — The article says the operational cost is $26.8 billion.

    — The article says HALF of that amount ($13.4 billion) is staff manpower.

    — The article says the staff consists of 4,660 people.

    THEREFORE,

    —- The salary of each person is calculated thusly; ($13.4 billion / 4,660)

    THEREFORE

    —- Each person makes $2,875,536

    ——– [NOTE 1: This assumes all numbers are annual]

    ——– [NOTE 2: Assuming a 20 year span, annual salary per person is still $143,776]

    THEREFORE IN CONCLUSION

    —- I am leaving TBP immediately

    —- I am joining the fucking Navy !!!!!!!!!!!!

    —- SeeYa !!!!!!

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    1st March 2013 at 10:44 am

  12. TPC says:

    @Stucky – You forgot to account for the cost of benefits and retirement. Then you have to seasonally adjust it a couple of times to find the REAL number.

    Silly boomer.

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    1st March 2013 at 10:45 am

  13. AWD says:

    Stuck,

    You forgot to mention that you get to retire after 20 years service. Too bad you didn’t go in when you were 18; you’d be retired at 38 with a huge government pension, all the healthcare benefits you could stand, and be on easy street. It’s even better than being a union government drone, if that’s possible. Well, union government drones make 60% more than everyone else and retire at 50, so it’s a toss-up. What to do with the $220 trillion in unfunded liabilities?

    And,

    I want to know how many drones you could buy instead of buying an aircraft carrier!

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    1st March 2013 at 12:21 pm

  14. Bostonbob says:

    The Navy drone aircraft that crashed in rural Maryland Monday likely will cost the military branch nearly $200 million at a time when the military’s budget is shrinking.

    The Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aircraft went down near Bloodworth Island, Md. There was no injury or property damage, but the Navy’s coffers and its efforts to develop and field drone aircraft to assist with naval and Marine Corps operations took a big hit.

    “The total acquisition cost of the planes is projected to average roughly $175 million each,” says Todd Harrison, a senior defense budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. “To put it in perspective, that’s about the cost of a brand new Boeing 787 [airliner].”

    From DOTMIL also the average cost of a drone is slightly less that the regular military planes:

    http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/dotmil/2012/08/21/report-military-drones-only-slightly-cheaper-than-piloted-jets

    Bob.

    These must be some really nice drones.
    Bob.

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    1st March 2013 at 2:11 pm

  15. Eddie says:

    Bob
    Those are the Predator Drones, built by General Atomics…which, btw is a closely held private company, the CEO of which is a guy named Neil Blue, who owns most of Telluride CO.

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    1st March 2013 at 2:19 pm

  16. Stucky says:

    Bostonbob

    It appears the unit cost for a Predator Drone is $4 million. Where is that $175m figure coming from?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator

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    1st March 2013 at 2:28 pm

  17. Zarathustra says:

    Dump the F35. This POS is probably the biggest boondoggle in Military Industrial Complex history.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UQB4W8C0rZI

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    1st March 2013 at 2:35 pm

  18. AWD says:

    According to Stuck’s number, and my calculating ability,

    you could have 6400 drones for the price of one aircraft carrier ($26B). Each hellfire missile costs about $80k right?

    You could massacre a lot of Republicans with 6400 drones.

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    1st March 2013 at 2:36 pm

  19. Eddie says:

    “where is the 175 million figure coming from?”

    4 million for the drone..171 million for the game console, joystick, headset, power supply,software CD, extended warranty and liability insurance.

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    1st March 2013 at 2:43 pm

  20. Bostonbob says:

    Stucky I pulled it from DOTMIL fromUS SNews and World Report Here is the link I think it is one that is being developed, because we cant use technology to make things cheaper say like in the private sector such as TV’s and computers.

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=dotmil%20predator%20drone%20crashes%20in%20maryland&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fnews%2Fblogs%2Fdotmil%2F2012%2F06%2F12%2Fdowned-drone-could-cost-navy-nearly-200-million&ei=9gYxUdKAIui50QH_n4GYAQ&usg=AFQjCNH8FxtvFRqDmnz0PX5aPjUghAjBqQ&bvm=bv.43148975,d.dmQ

    Bob.

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    1st March 2013 at 2:52 pm

  21. DaveL says:

    I can solve the sequestration horror in 30 seconds. Drill two holes in Moochelle’s butt cheeks. Gotta be at least 80 billion stored in there.

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    1st March 2013 at 8:29 pm

  22. anotherjuan says:

    somewhere in the watery deep of davy jones’ locker, Alfred Thayer Mahan is rolling over in his grave

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    1st March 2013 at 11:24 pm

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