Posted on 05/29/2013 6:48:50 PM PDT by PatriotCJC
Yup, 11 Mondays of furlough starting 8 July until the end of the fiscal. We had a briefing today from our GO (Major General, USA) and FY14 & 15 is not looking good. Reduction in force (RIF) looks probable for both the active and civilian Army force.
Myself - being associated , active duty (Navy), contractor or civilian with the military since I was 17, it is very depressing. I am the first to admit that there are areas of personnel waste to trim, but we are at the point of "gutting" our defense. IMOHO
This may be worse then the Carter years.
Obama destroying the military one step at a time.
1. Restrictive ROE for deployed troops
2. Homosexuals in the military, gay couples benefits including medical benefits (Coming soon, transgenders)
3. Reduced budgets
4. Political sequester
5. Women in combat
6. Forced Obamacare, Destruction of Tricare (coming soon)
7. Total political correctness within the military with no fighting ethos
(eventual goal)
8. Unilateral nuclear disarmament while all our enemies building more nukes
I do not know about you but if I were in that situation it would make me very upset that the savings of my salary will go toward having one of Obemba’s lavish parties at the whtie hut.
It’s to continue more increases in federal funding for hiring and raises for public school teachers, social workers, building inspectors, planning office employees and other regulatory employees in county governments around the country.
Debt will be reduced by real and deep spending cuts (not happening, yet), or government will continue through the whole default process. Layoffs will happen and become very common. It’s already been happening at a rapid rate in the private sector since late 2007.
If we’re forced through the whole default process by the stalemates between constituent factions against spending cuts, nearly everything will be shut down. Then, most people currently receiving government incomes or business from government incomes (services, etc.) would get nothing at all.
Anyway, there’s much less private sector to provide revenues. What triggered the whole thing was a terrible lack of manufacturing on U.S. soil, which manufacturing is shutting down more every year. Without much more manufacturing, energy production slows down, leaving us without much more than an agricultural economy. A large manufacturing base is needed for a wealthy nation.
Hello, third world.
I think it is 22 days in a fiscal year. We won’t have 23 by October....however who knows what will happen in FY-14 or FY-15. The only saving grace we have is that their are a TON of Baby Boomers who are retirement eligible and need to go but are waiting it out. One day they will get sick of waiting it out and all go. When that happens, it will decrease the overall government worker numbers by a lot. The recommendation I have for the federal government is not to replace the majority of them. If that happens, we should at least lower the bottom line. But we will see what happens.
We haven’t gotten ours officially yet, but expect them in the next few days. I don’t like it, it sucks, but it could be worse. My workmates and I all used to be contractors until we got in-sourced a few years ago, and even though it’s inconvenient at times, it’s a fairly secure way to make a living and provide for my family. As we say, 80% of something is better than 100% of nothing.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
We just got our notices this afternoon. Oh well, we knew it was coming but it’s still unpleasant. Gallows humor anyone?
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