Terror struck the Obama road tour today when a truck that contained his teleprompter was stolen. With the President unable to speak, in a panic the Secret Service put Vice President Biden on alert. At first the SS tried to activate Biden's teleprompter as a substitute, but were unable to debug the "gaffs" in time.
Luckily the stolen truck was recovered with Obama's teleprompter in tact and the President was able to function again. I trust that the Secret Service checked the software in the recovered teleprompter because he will say whatever is posted on the screen. Let's wait until the President's next speech - if he proposes tax cuts, reducing the size of government, reducing food stamp and welfare budgets, and deregulation of the American business community, it was obviously a Tea Party conspiracy.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
"Occupy this"
Drugs, sex in the streets, disorganized people that can't come up with a coherent message, and unsanitary conditions, Occupy Wall Street has aptly been called the "Flea Party". But thanks to George Soros and his money, trade unions, complicit media, and even encouragement from President Obama and many Democrats, this movement has had more coverage in a month than the Tea Party has had since they became a force in American politics.
This is a classic example of the uphill battle anyone but a liberal movement has in getting their message out. All we read about is the "Occupy" protests, not just here but around the world this weekend. But what are they protesting? I have watched interviews of various protesters without seeing any focused thought.
But one "focused" thought has come from Herman Cain; "This movement is designed to take attention away from the failed policies of the Obama administration". And he is exactly right. When you cannot run on your record, and all your excuses have failed, create an enemy to attack, and hope people will buy it. The enemy - rich people, Wall Street, George Bush, and as one black lady in the 'LA Occupy' protest proudly stated on television today; "We need to collect the rich Jews that control everything and send them out of the country". I wonder how Steven Spielberg and all his Jewish friends in Hollywood feel about that liberal protester's statement?
It is amazing that all this vicious energy is directed against corporate millionaires but not the Hollywood millionaires. Sean Penn recently stated that the Tea Party wants to 'lynch' Obama and Morgan Freeman said "The Tea Party is a racist thing". Yet not one in the main stream media has reported the anti-Semitic, lynch Bush, arrest rich people comments of these so-called protesters.
This strategy by the Democrats is going to fail, Americans are not that stupid. We don't need income redistribution, we need jobs. Most Americans don't want a handout, they want the satisfaction of working with the opportunity to make something of themselves; they do not want a "Cuban" or "Venezuelan" society.
Obama and his handlers are making a huge mistake in trying to divide this country and create a class war. Even with the main stream media on his side his effort to divert attention from the miserable economy will not work. The "pay your fair share" argument won't fly when almost 50% of wage earners pay NO income tax. Even if the taxes on all so-called rich people were doubled it would not make a dent in the deficit.
Ironically, in the last election Obama received more contributions from Wall Street than any President in history. That will not happen this time around. But he had to create a villain and they are it. He is not stupid, he knows exactly what he is doing, but I believe in Americans and his "class strategy" is not going to work.
This is a classic example of the uphill battle anyone but a liberal movement has in getting their message out. All we read about is the "Occupy" protests, not just here but around the world this weekend. But what are they protesting? I have watched interviews of various protesters without seeing any focused thought.
But one "focused" thought has come from Herman Cain; "This movement is designed to take attention away from the failed policies of the Obama administration". And he is exactly right. When you cannot run on your record, and all your excuses have failed, create an enemy to attack, and hope people will buy it. The enemy - rich people, Wall Street, George Bush, and as one black lady in the 'LA Occupy' protest proudly stated on television today; "We need to collect the rich Jews that control everything and send them out of the country". I wonder how Steven Spielberg and all his Jewish friends in Hollywood feel about that liberal protester's statement?
It is amazing that all this vicious energy is directed against corporate millionaires but not the Hollywood millionaires. Sean Penn recently stated that the Tea Party wants to 'lynch' Obama and Morgan Freeman said "The Tea Party is a racist thing". Yet not one in the main stream media has reported the anti-Semitic, lynch Bush, arrest rich people comments of these so-called protesters.
This strategy by the Democrats is going to fail, Americans are not that stupid. We don't need income redistribution, we need jobs. Most Americans don't want a handout, they want the satisfaction of working with the opportunity to make something of themselves; they do not want a "Cuban" or "Venezuelan" society.
Obama and his handlers are making a huge mistake in trying to divide this country and create a class war. Even with the main stream media on his side his effort to divert attention from the miserable economy will not work. The "pay your fair share" argument won't fly when almost 50% of wage earners pay NO income tax. Even if the taxes on all so-called rich people were doubled it would not make a dent in the deficit.
Ironically, in the last election Obama received more contributions from Wall Street than any President in history. That will not happen this time around. But he had to create a villain and they are it. He is not stupid, he knows exactly what he is doing, but I believe in Americans and his "class strategy" is not going to work.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The Antisocial Network
Antisocial behavior is defined as: "Deviating sharply from the social norm".
I have always thought of myself as a social person but am beginning to think I belong to the "antisocial network". Oh, I am somewhat shy but not really antisocial. I do feel most comfortable with close friends, but having been president of three different companies during my career I had to learn to play the social game. I have traveled around the world, socializing with customers all day along and then entertaining and attending social events in the evening. I was at the top of my game during my career...then I retired.
I have tried to keep up with this fast moving world but now I seem to be sliding toward the bottom of the social ladder; I might even be considered 'antisocial'. Here's the problem - I don't have a smart phone so I cannot keep up to date with what is going on in the world while waiting for the light to change, and can't even check my email except on the computer in my office. In fact I rarely talk on my cell phone except to see if my wife wants me to pick up groceries on the way home or if my car breaks down. I feel guilty that I have never even had a 'social' telephone conversation while driving my car. And texting...well that's another story.
To make things worse, I don't have an Ipad. So here in the country I sit at my old computer trying to keep up with what is happening in the world while deer and turkeys stare through the window wondering where I got that clunker. With WiFi everywhere I could be on-line 24 hours a day with my Ipad and not miss a thing.
But mostly I feel 'antisocial' because I only have 52 Facebook friends. I like to follow what my family is doing and am so envious of my grandchildren; some of them have 500-1000 Facebook friends. Now that's what I call 'socializing'. Where have I gone wrong?
But I'm getting old so maybe I'll just sit in the background and enjoy watching my children and grandchildren socialize on Facebook with all their friends. Although I only have 10- 20 close friends and another 30 or so good friends, I feel blessed with them.
But I'm not giving up. Watch for me on Twitter...whenever I figure out what the hell that is.
I have always thought of myself as a social person but am beginning to think I belong to the "antisocial network". Oh, I am somewhat shy but not really antisocial. I do feel most comfortable with close friends, but having been president of three different companies during my career I had to learn to play the social game. I have traveled around the world, socializing with customers all day along and then entertaining and attending social events in the evening. I was at the top of my game during my career...then I retired.
I have tried to keep up with this fast moving world but now I seem to be sliding toward the bottom of the social ladder; I might even be considered 'antisocial'. Here's the problem - I don't have a smart phone so I cannot keep up to date with what is going on in the world while waiting for the light to change, and can't even check my email except on the computer in my office. In fact I rarely talk on my cell phone except to see if my wife wants me to pick up groceries on the way home or if my car breaks down. I feel guilty that I have never even had a 'social' telephone conversation while driving my car. And texting...well that's another story.
To make things worse, I don't have an Ipad. So here in the country I sit at my old computer trying to keep up with what is happening in the world while deer and turkeys stare through the window wondering where I got that clunker. With WiFi everywhere I could be on-line 24 hours a day with my Ipad and not miss a thing.
But mostly I feel 'antisocial' because I only have 52 Facebook friends. I like to follow what my family is doing and am so envious of my grandchildren; some of them have 500-1000 Facebook friends. Now that's what I call 'socializing'. Where have I gone wrong?
But I'm getting old so maybe I'll just sit in the background and enjoy watching my children and grandchildren socialize on Facebook with all their friends. Although I only have 10- 20 close friends and another 30 or so good friends, I feel blessed with them.
But I'm not giving up. Watch for me on Twitter...whenever I figure out what the hell that is.
Monday, September 19, 2011
War on all fronts
Class warfare has always been part of the Democratic playbook, better known as the 'populist' movement; protect the working man (unions), subsidize the poor (housing, welfare, food stamps, school lunches, etc.) and during the years of Democratic power, installing programs like the War on Poverty. Obama has taken this war to a new level on all fronts. After single-highhandedly increasing the national debt by more than all previous presidents combined, today he proposed HIS deficit reduction plan which includes $1.5 trillion in tax increases. This from a man who last year said; "The last thing we should do during a recession is raise taxes". Today was a "speech du jour", written by his handlers and posted on his teleprompter.
He tells us the wealthiest need to pay their 'fair share' and if not, children won't get proper health care, firemen, policemen, and teachers will lose their jobs, etc. He also told us that he will veto any bills that do not include these tax increases. These wealthiest people now pay 75% of the income taxes while almost 50% pay no tax, but I guess to Obama this is still not fair enough.
Sadly, rather than leading this country he is in full campaign mode focusing only on getting re-elected. It's not working. Even Democrats are jumping ship. Obama knows this bill will never pass, but with failures everywhere in his administration's polices they are in panic mode and this 'straw man' deficit plan named after Warren Buffett is their strategy to up the ante in the class war. I'm surprised they haven't brought up white men lynching a black man dragging him behind their car as they did with George Bush after the James Byrd incident. But mark my words; the race card is still in their bag of tricks.
But Americans are smart and they are getting involved, and the class warfare strategy is not going to work as well as it did in the past. Even the black community is starting to realize that the 'War on Poverty', welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing, and the first black President has done NOTHING for them. They want jobs like every other American. The 'enemy' - the so-called rich are the job creators and people are starting to realize that socialism doesn't work and that 40 million on food stamps, 14 million unemployed, unfunded liabilities for federal and state pensions for public employees in the $ trillions - cannot work. As Margaret Thatcher once put it so aptly; "The problem with socialism is that sooner of later you run out of other people's money".
We can only get out of this economic mess by cutting the massive government spending, reducing taxes and regulations, so the job creators of this country can get to work and 'grow' us back to prosperity.
He tells us the wealthiest need to pay their 'fair share' and if not, children won't get proper health care, firemen, policemen, and teachers will lose their jobs, etc. He also told us that he will veto any bills that do not include these tax increases. These wealthiest people now pay 75% of the income taxes while almost 50% pay no tax, but I guess to Obama this is still not fair enough.
Sadly, rather than leading this country he is in full campaign mode focusing only on getting re-elected. It's not working. Even Democrats are jumping ship. Obama knows this bill will never pass, but with failures everywhere in his administration's polices they are in panic mode and this 'straw man' deficit plan named after Warren Buffett is their strategy to up the ante in the class war. I'm surprised they haven't brought up white men lynching a black man dragging him behind their car as they did with George Bush after the James Byrd incident. But mark my words; the race card is still in their bag of tricks.
But Americans are smart and they are getting involved, and the class warfare strategy is not going to work as well as it did in the past. Even the black community is starting to realize that the 'War on Poverty', welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing, and the first black President has done NOTHING for them. They want jobs like every other American. The 'enemy' - the so-called rich are the job creators and people are starting to realize that socialism doesn't work and that 40 million on food stamps, 14 million unemployed, unfunded liabilities for federal and state pensions for public employees in the $ trillions - cannot work. As Margaret Thatcher once put it so aptly; "The problem with socialism is that sooner of later you run out of other people's money".
We can only get out of this economic mess by cutting the massive government spending, reducing taxes and regulations, so the job creators of this country can get to work and 'grow' us back to prosperity.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
What leader?
I hate to criticize a person on their 50th birthday, but here goes.
Every time I hear President Obama referred to as 'Leader of the Free World' my head almost explodes. I think many of us would agree he is not even leader of the USA. This debt ceiling fiasco was a classic example of his leadership style; stay in the background and let other people make the tough decisions then jump in at the end and try to take credit for the results. After all he voted 'present' 90% of the time in the Illinois Senate. Well the stock markets around the world today made a statement about his leadership of our (and the world's economy); a statement about his performance.
The average American is becoming more and more educated about this debt crisis and Obama's 'golden voice' has lost its impact. This so-called leader has already had 37 fund raising events in just 2 1/2 years in office, and at a time this country has been hurting badly. But he should be able to celebrate his birthday and if you have the money to shell out $34,800 you can attend his party tonight; and if you kick in another $10,000 you can get your picture taken with him. Most of us would agree that you have to be rich to pay $35K to attend a birthday party and it's ironic that these are the same rich people with private jets and yachts that he demonizes in every speech. But these are HIS rich people.
The experts are telling us that Obama has no more arrows in the quiver to shoot at this failing economy - I disagree. Here are some 'arrows' that could ignite this failing economy and get it moving at high speed again:
1/ Repeal Obamacare and replace it with a sane health care bill that provides a safety net for truly poor people.
2/ Rescind all the ridiculous EPA and consumer protection regulations that the Obama administration has instituted. Some experts predict these regulations alone will cost American industry a trillion dollars over the next ten years.
3/ Open up Anwar, the Gulf, and both coasts of the USA for responsible oil drilling.
4/ Eliminate all corporate subsidies and tax loopholes and reduce the corporate tax rate to a permanent 25%.
5/ Freeze ALL government spending including salary raises for all employees including the President and Congress, at 2011 fiscal year levels and DO NOT raise it again until the debt is 18% of GDP or below. This includes Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
6/ Raise the top tax rate of 36% by 10% making it almost 40%. At the same time raise everyone's tax rate 10% including requiring the 50% of Americans that pay no tax to kick in something. Even if they make $10,000 per year why should they not participate in this country with at least a 1% income tax? After all, they benefit from all the services.
7/ Put a reasonable limit on unemployment insurance and require people on welfare to do some form of work, even if it means picking up trash or mowing lawns in local parks.
8/ Finally, cancel this so-called 'super-committee' and tell elected members of Congress to either do their jobs or resign and go home. And that includes our "leader"
Do you think any of these arrows will be put back in the quiver? Not a chance.
Every time I hear President Obama referred to as 'Leader of the Free World' my head almost explodes. I think many of us would agree he is not even leader of the USA. This debt ceiling fiasco was a classic example of his leadership style; stay in the background and let other people make the tough decisions then jump in at the end and try to take credit for the results. After all he voted 'present' 90% of the time in the Illinois Senate. Well the stock markets around the world today made a statement about his leadership of our (and the world's economy); a statement about his performance.
The average American is becoming more and more educated about this debt crisis and Obama's 'golden voice' has lost its impact. This so-called leader has already had 37 fund raising events in just 2 1/2 years in office, and at a time this country has been hurting badly. But he should be able to celebrate his birthday and if you have the money to shell out $34,800 you can attend his party tonight; and if you kick in another $10,000 you can get your picture taken with him. Most of us would agree that you have to be rich to pay $35K to attend a birthday party and it's ironic that these are the same rich people with private jets and yachts that he demonizes in every speech. But these are HIS rich people.
The experts are telling us that Obama has no more arrows in the quiver to shoot at this failing economy - I disagree. Here are some 'arrows' that could ignite this failing economy and get it moving at high speed again:
1/ Repeal Obamacare and replace it with a sane health care bill that provides a safety net for truly poor people.
2/ Rescind all the ridiculous EPA and consumer protection regulations that the Obama administration has instituted. Some experts predict these regulations alone will cost American industry a trillion dollars over the next ten years.
3/ Open up Anwar, the Gulf, and both coasts of the USA for responsible oil drilling.
4/ Eliminate all corporate subsidies and tax loopholes and reduce the corporate tax rate to a permanent 25%.
5/ Freeze ALL government spending including salary raises for all employees including the President and Congress, at 2011 fiscal year levels and DO NOT raise it again until the debt is 18% of GDP or below. This includes Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
6/ Raise the top tax rate of 36% by 10% making it almost 40%. At the same time raise everyone's tax rate 10% including requiring the 50% of Americans that pay no tax to kick in something. Even if they make $10,000 per year why should they not participate in this country with at least a 1% income tax? After all, they benefit from all the services.
7/ Put a reasonable limit on unemployment insurance and require people on welfare to do some form of work, even if it means picking up trash or mowing lawns in local parks.
8/ Finally, cancel this so-called 'super-committee' and tell elected members of Congress to either do their jobs or resign and go home. And that includes our "leader"
Do you think any of these arrows will be put back in the quiver? Not a chance.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
My son Michael as a guest blogger
Some of the ways your government is spending your money
by Michael Strickland on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 9:32am
You may have watched President Obama's speech last night, in which he implored all of us to tell our members of Congress to make a deal on the debt ceiling issue. Specifically, he said that if we default because the debt ceiling is not raised, "we would not have enough money to pay all of our bills -- bills that include monthly Social Security checks, veterans' benefits, and the government contracts we've signed with thousands of businesses."
The president is trying to make you think that retirees won't get their Social Security checks, veterans won't receive their benefits, small businesses won't get paid. That is a scare tactic, plain and simple; our president is playing politics just as much as everyone else in Washington.
If we default, yes -- we will not have enough money to pay ALL of our bills. But we will have plenty of money to pay MOST of our bills. Do you really believe our government will let retirees and veterans go unpaid, while other, much less critical bills get paid? Highly unlikely -- and if so, it will be a political move at the expense of those in need.
Take a look at the following very long list of items in our federal budget that receive billions of dollars. Not only could many of these go without getting paid in favor of paying retirees and veterans until the debt crisis is solved, most of these could (and perhaps should) be cut from our budget entirely. Yes, there are some items like NEA and PBS that many people would want to keep. But do we really need Mohair Subsidies? And is it unreasonable to require federal employees to pay their taxes like the rest of us?
In a perfect world, there would be enough money to go around for everyone's pet programs. But it's time to get serious. We are drowning in debt, and we have to cut runaway spending. When all of us are in debt, do we have the luxury of asking our employer (if we're employed) to raise our salary? No -- we have to cut our spending and live within our means. Ask your government to do the same; don't enable their spending problem by letting them raise more "revenue" (Obama's weasel word for "taxes").
[TOTAL SAVINGS if all of the following were cut: $2.5 trillion over 10 years.]
➢ Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
➢ Save America's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
➢ International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
➢ Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
➢ National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
➢ National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
➢ Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
➢ Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
➢ Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
➢ U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
➢ Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
➢ Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
➢ John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
➢ Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
➢ Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
➢ Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.
➢ Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
➢ Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
➢ Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
➢ Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
➢ Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
➢ Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
➢ New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
➢ Exchange Programs for Alaska, Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $9 million annual savings.
➢ Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
➢ Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
➢ Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
➢ Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
➢ Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
➢ Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
➢ FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
➢ Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
➢ Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
➢ U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
➢ General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
➢ Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
➢ Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
➢ No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
➢ End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
➢ Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
➢ IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
➢ Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.
➢ Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
➢ Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
➢ Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
➢ Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
➢ USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
➢ Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
➢ Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/house-gop-gets-specific-on-cuts_n_811557.html
The president is trying to make you think that retirees won't get their Social Security checks, veterans won't receive their benefits, small businesses won't get paid. That is a scare tactic, plain and simple; our president is playing politics just as much as everyone else in Washington.
If we default, yes -- we will not have enough money to pay ALL of our bills. But we will have plenty of money to pay MOST of our bills. Do you really believe our government will let retirees and veterans go unpaid, while other, much less critical bills get paid? Highly unlikely -- and if so, it will be a political move at the expense of those in need.
Take a look at the following very long list of items in our federal budget that receive billions of dollars. Not only could many of these go without getting paid in favor of paying retirees and veterans until the debt crisis is solved, most of these could (and perhaps should) be cut from our budget entirely. Yes, there are some items like NEA and PBS that many people would want to keep. But do we really need Mohair Subsidies? And is it unreasonable to require federal employees to pay their taxes like the rest of us?
In a perfect world, there would be enough money to go around for everyone's pet programs. But it's time to get serious. We are drowning in debt, and we have to cut runaway spending. When all of us are in debt, do we have the luxury of asking our employer (if we're employed) to raise our salary? No -- we have to cut our spending and live within our means. Ask your government to do the same; don't enable their spending problem by letting them raise more "revenue" (Obama's weasel word for "taxes").
[TOTAL SAVINGS if all of the following were cut: $2.5 trillion over 10 years.]
➢ Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
➢ Save America's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
➢ International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
➢ Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
➢ National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
➢ National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
➢ Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
➢ Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
➢ Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
➢ U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
➢ Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
➢ Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
➢ John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
➢ Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
➢ Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
➢ Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.
➢ Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
➢ Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
➢ Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
➢ Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
➢ Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
➢ Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
➢ New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
➢ Exchange Programs for Alaska, Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $9 million annual savings.
➢ Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
➢ Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
➢ Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
➢ Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
➢ Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
➢ Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
➢ FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
➢ Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
➢ Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
➢ U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
➢ General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
➢ Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
➢ Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
➢ No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
➢ End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
➢ Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
➢ IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
➢ Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.
➢ Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
➢ Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
➢ Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
➢ Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
➢ USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
➢ Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
➢ Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
➢ Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/house-gop-gets-specific-on-cuts_n_811557.html
Thursday, July 14, 2011
"Eat your peas"
Obama in a recent speech about the debt limit deadline: "It's not going to get easier. It's going to get harder. So we might as well do it now: pull off the Band-Aid, eat our peas. Now is the time to do it. If not now, when?"
As the debt ceiling deadline draws near these clowns in Washington are acting like eight year olds, just blaming each other with both sides not willing to negotiate while the American people stand to be the big losers. The national debt is going to bankrupt this country and some very serious cuts in spending need to be made. But as a conservative Republican I also agree that there are probably tax loopholes that can be eliminated (ethanol subsidy, etc.).
I know about negotiating, especially when the subject is "eat your peas". When my youngest son was eight years old, one evening he refused to eat his peas at dinner. I had had a bad day at work and reverting to the way my parents raised me, I told him; "You are not leaving the table until you eat your peas". He sat there and stared forward, making no effort to eat. So I dug in my heels and we left him at the table and I told him he could not get up until he ate his peas. A half hour passed, he just sat there - no progress, another half hour, no progress. Finally I lost my cool and told him; "Eat your peas or you will get the strap!" His response; "How many times? ". He won the battle.
But here is my point; if an eight year old can master the art of negotiation these so-called politicians we elect to represent us need to figure out how to get their act together. And Obama needs to start showing some leadership and solve this problem. He is the key and so far his performance as our president has been pitiful in his ability to manage this country's financial affairs.
Conspirators believe he is deliberately trying to let this country's economy fail so it can be converted to a socialist society. I have never bought into that, but sometimes I wonder.
As the debt ceiling deadline draws near these clowns in Washington are acting like eight year olds, just blaming each other with both sides not willing to negotiate while the American people stand to be the big losers. The national debt is going to bankrupt this country and some very serious cuts in spending need to be made. But as a conservative Republican I also agree that there are probably tax loopholes that can be eliminated (ethanol subsidy, etc.).
I know about negotiating, especially when the subject is "eat your peas". When my youngest son was eight years old, one evening he refused to eat his peas at dinner. I had had a bad day at work and reverting to the way my parents raised me, I told him; "You are not leaving the table until you eat your peas". He sat there and stared forward, making no effort to eat. So I dug in my heels and we left him at the table and I told him he could not get up until he ate his peas. A half hour passed, he just sat there - no progress, another half hour, no progress. Finally I lost my cool and told him; "Eat your peas or you will get the strap!" His response; "How many times? ". He won the battle.
But here is my point; if an eight year old can master the art of negotiation these so-called politicians we elect to represent us need to figure out how to get their act together. And Obama needs to start showing some leadership and solve this problem. He is the key and so far his performance as our president has been pitiful in his ability to manage this country's financial affairs.
Conspirators believe he is deliberately trying to let this country's economy fail so it can be converted to a socialist society. I have never bought into that, but sometimes I wonder.
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