tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post4217223018592846642..comments2023-06-16T09:13:46.330-05:00Comments on gabbygeezer: Keep Your Seats, SenatorsDick Kladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-29206630548019214432013-03-01T01:44:04.718-06:002013-03-01T01:44:04.718-06:00Don't know where the "50" in my comm...Don't know where the "50" in my comment above came from -- no significance.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-9375670801939880182013-03-01T01:41:49.114-06:002013-03-01T01:41:49.114-06:0050You make a lot of good points as you often do. ...50You make a lot of good points as you often do. I'm often reminded of former President General Dwight Eisenhower's admonitions about concerns associated with the military complex. I think Dianne makes a good point about so much government funding in various areas that has no sunset provision. I surely hope some up and down voting on issues does occur without cluttering with unrelated add-ons. Certainly both political parties must accept responsibility for the mess our nation is in financially. I await resolution of some of these issues.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-48667607944250657102013-02-28T14:26:08.501-06:002013-02-28T14:26:08.501-06:00PS in his book the 'Price of Politics', Bo...PS in his book the 'Price of Politics', Bob Woodward says it was O's idea to do the sequestration. <br /><br />He reiterated the charge last Sunday in the Washington Post. He said O got the idea from the old Graham-Rudman plan which was agreed to under Reagan and implementsed under G.W. Bush and led to the budget surpluses of the Clinton years. <br /><br />Dianneschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-74518478266598820022013-02-28T14:19:56.067-06:002013-02-28T14:19:56.067-06:00Dear Geezer, As usual, I agree with part of what y...Dear Geezer, As usual, I agree with part of what you suggest.<br /><br />1. Having gotten into trouble for using the A word in the past, I am for free speech. Ass is an animal. Spelled with an R is is something else.<br /><br />2. I would never condemn a body of people...ever. Some senators, such as our VA senator Mark Warner, and a few others...mostly Republican, are very interested in good fiscal discipline.<br /><br />3. Sequestration is a drop in the bucket. It won't even get us back to the year 2009 when O took office. It can work well, if it is made in a rational manner.<br /><br />For example, why slow down air travel and build roads to nowhere in some places. I could list a lot of examples, but as you appear to be well read, I am sure you can too.<br /><br />You probably get tired of hearing me mention my time on a Congressional staff in the 1970s, but I will share this. Most legislation contains no "sunset provisions." That means even after a funded goal is reached, there is no way to turn off funding.<br /><br />You and I both worked for governments and we know there is much waste fraud and abuse. <br /><br />So yes, I am for sequestration. I don't think our spending ourselves into penury is going to change any other way. Dianne <br /> schmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-36153335953371740422013-02-28T12:13:40.747-06:002013-02-28T12:13:40.747-06:00Pied, I probably should have said "the admini...Pied, I probably should have said "the administration did propose sequestration, but primarily because the conservatives forced them to." As you said, both parties should shard blame for the frustrating impasses.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-83475368774586173422013-02-28T10:20:04.732-06:002013-02-28T10:20:04.732-06:00I'm one of those quick to blame the GOP for se...I'm one of those quick to blame the GOP for sequestration, but no one in Washington is blameless. We have a bunch of politicians there more concerned with playing politics than in working for the good of the country. <br /><br />I believe much of the catastrophizing about the effects of sequestration is media hype. It will be interesting to see what actually happens, who will be hit the hardest, and who in Congress will feel most obliged to remedy the results of their do-nothing approach to governance.PiedTypehttp://piedtype.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-63065719892801644062013-02-28T01:17:57.908-06:002013-02-28T01:17:57.908-06:00Wow! I didn't know what to believe about this...Wow! I didn't know what to believe about this whole mess, but what you're saying sounds reasonable. OK... <br /><br />I hope you're right.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.com