Posted on 10/02/2013 9:58:06 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Is the Obama administration employing a make-it-hurt strategy to gain political leverage in the budget battle on Capitol Hill?
Republicans are making that charge as the stalemate drags on, and point to the Pentagon furlough of 400,000 civilian staffers -- even though Congress passed and the president signed a bill to supposedly keep them on the job.
The partial government suspension, which started Monday after lawmakers failed to strike a budget deal, is expected to result in the furlough of roughly 800,000 total government workers. Many federal agencies have significantly curtailed their operations; national parks and monuments are closed.
But Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of making the situation worse than it has to be. They complained overnight that the Pentagon furloughed 400,000 of its civilian staffers.
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There’s no rest for the wicked. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
The Tea Party could probably amass a half million people on the national mall by next week if it wanted to. Just sayin...
0bama’s termination of White House public tours was an early sign that he’s a retaliatory little spoiled brat.
Has 0bama surpassed the 200 mark in impeachable offenses yet? Add a few more with these antics.
It's extortion. They are gangsters.
One more reason to impeach this pretender and remove him from office.
It's extortion. They are gangsters.
Nothing different than they did with the sequester. Shut down White House tours for school kids, but keep having lavish White House parties, now barricade the always open WW-II Memorial to keep Honor Flight vets from visiting.
“Congress passed and the president signed a bill to supposedly keep them on the job”
Since when has Obama EVER adhered to the letter of the law with any law, unless he wanted to? The answer is NEVER.
Well, of course he is. He doesn't care about the American people. He only cares about furthering his political agenda.
At least Fox News covered this angle. They weren’t there in ‘96.
I’m not even sure if it’s about his political agenda any more, other than “OBEY, PEONS!”
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