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So, the Senate barbershop is a subsidized thing, and surprise: It runs at a deficit
Hotair ^ | 03/18/2013 | Erika Johnsen

Posted on 03/18/2013 7:51:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: DoodleDawg

RE: The House babershop, on the other hand, was privatized almost 20 years ago. It runs at a profit, which stands to reason since the three staff stylists are independent contractors.

This one example alone would be a good advertising point that can be used by the GOp if they are smart enough.

Just use this one example to show how government running things inevitable leads to bankruptcy and apply it to Obamacare, Energy Subsidies and Housing, and you shall have made a great advertising statement.

Then you can continue by citing another example:

http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/senate-cafeteria-democrat-incompetence-in-microcosm/

EXCERPT:

Senate Cafeteria: Democrat Incompetence in Microcosm

If a government-run cafeteria bleeds the red ink of cost overruns year after year, why on earth should anyone but the craziest, stupidest of fools believe that they can successfully run the health care system which represents over 1/6th of the economy?

For that matter, if the Democrat-controlled Senate can’t run a cafeteria, why on earth should anyone trust them to run the country?

The first three paragraphs of an AP article titled “Money-losing Senate restaurants to go private” read:

WASHINGTON (AP) – The famed bean soup served in Senate restaurants is made up of dried navy beans, smoked ham hocks, onions and a million-dollar tab for the taxpayer.

That menu for financial distress could be about to change as the Senate, following the lead taken by the House more than 20 years ago, moves to privatize the restaurants, coffee shops and cafeterias located in the Capitol and Senate office buildings.

The Senate last week passed a bill authorizing Senate restaurants, now run by the Architect of the Capitol, to go private, ending months of back-and-forth between Democrats appalled by the operation’s money-losing ways and other Democrats worried that restaurant workers would get thrown out like the ham bones.


21 posted on 03/18/2013 10:22:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Gator113

RE: I failed to mention who cut my hair for the past 40 years..... my wife.

You might not know it or admit it, but you’ve been paying for it for the past 40 years. :)


22 posted on 03/18/2013 10:23:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Bean soup. That explains a lot about the smell emanating from the Senate.


23 posted on 03/18/2013 10:25:51 AM PDT by beelzepug (Telling other people they need to die is a good way to get your own lamp blown out.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The problem being that the Republicans in the Senater are no different than the Democrats in the Senate. The GOP took over the Senate as well about the time that the House was privatizing their barbershop, so the GOP in that body could have made the same improvements as the House did. But they didn’t. The Senate kept its wasteful ways under both Republican control and Democrat control.


24 posted on 03/18/2013 10:49:54 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Liz
The scammers in Washington DC can pay for their own damn haircuts.

They're think they're royalty because so many people must kiss their butts to get regulations passed to 'help' (give advantage) to their companies. It's time to put our 'public servants' in normal office buildings and quit building palaces for these scammers. Might help them remember they're hired by the people - not folks we must worship...

Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln were worth the palaces that were built in DC - the current crop of 'legislators' is NOT...

25 posted on 03/18/2013 11:08:42 AM PDT by GOPJ (DHS HAS secured: 1.6 BILLION bullets - 2.700 tanks and 35,000 drones ...to use on American soil...)
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To: Gator113

I’ve cut my own hair for ~20 years now.


26 posted on 03/18/2013 11:14:00 AM PDT by Sloth (Rather than a lesser Evil, I voted for Goode.)
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL.... you are soooooo right. But I still got the better part of the deal. ;>)


27 posted on 03/18/2013 11:15:08 AM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: Sloth

I tried that once and had to wear a baseball cap for a couple of weeks. I actually shaved it. It was VERY ugly. LOL


28 posted on 03/18/2013 11:18:00 AM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: reformedliberal

Agreed. It’s nuts. I can see getting things for the job like office stuff. But they should be made to pay for their lunches and anything else not connected with their jobs. It’s BS.


29 posted on 03/18/2013 12:36:07 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: beelzepug

We all pay for ourselves AND for our *elected nobility*.

Not a justification, just a fact.


30 posted on 03/18/2013 1:04:24 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: b4its2late

Personally, I am done subsidizing any established political party. If someone wants to mount an independent run for Congress, they can, of course, campaign for donations. But, if I donate and they win and then they just become another perfumed elitist living off the high taxes they vote for me to pay, I have only myself to blame.

I don’t know how we got here. The majority of campaign money comes from the very wealthy and very powerful. They call the shots. I will assume they get their money’s worth. I have donated and I don’t have anything to show for it but betrayal and theft.

Note that elected representatives and Senators are constantly stating that they are *independent* and “will vote my conscience.” Fine. Pay for your own campaign, then, or forgo all the tax-funded perks and even the salary which is far above what the average worker can achieve. The argument runs that this will lead to only the rich running. Well, that is already the case. IMO, if they are already wealthy, they can pay for their own campaign and if they aren’t, but are running to become wealthy at my expense, they can take out a loan and pay it off after they win.

I’m done.


31 posted on 03/18/2013 1:14:51 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Gator113

oh I am laughing out loud...

I’ve cut my hubby’s hair for the past 50 years also...and each trim takes less time...but my hands are not as fast as they were either...

raised two kids who watched me work and both could give a good H/C in their teens..daughter went on to the profession and still gives her brother his H/C when he visits!!! she even does mom’s hair now...as I’ve ‘hung it up’ but oh how I LOVE THE MEMORIES...


32 posted on 03/18/2013 10:29:42 PM PDT by haircutter (,,,)
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To: haircutter

I am glad I made you laugh. ;>)


33 posted on 03/18/2013 10:52:32 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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