He11 yeah! We got mo 'potant chit to be worried bout!
The furloughs have hit about 650,000 civilian employees but also have slowed health care and other services for the uniformed military, which has stopped some training missions and faces equipment shortages due to the budget shortfalls. Troops were told this month they will no longer receive extra pay for deployments to 18 former global hot spots no longer considered danger zones.
Troops already are facing force reductions, and the Army alone has announced plans to trim its ranks by 80,000 over the next five years.
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I remember just a few short months ago many Freepers giggling that the Sequester was "a joke."
I said then, and I will say now, it isn't "a joke" to the US military. Despite being 17% of the budget, it endures 50% of all Sequester cuts, which EXEMPT our explosive Entitlement spending.
Obama and Hagel are shameful, using DoD electricians, maintainers, hospital staff, trainers, and engineers as pawns. No other Federal agency is still furloughing, but lowly paid GS-5 single mothers and fathers who contribute to this nation's defense get 20% of their paychecks stolen from them while we give away Billions to the Muslim Brotherhood, gopher research, and electrical grid upgrades to Sub-Sahara Africa.
Food Stamp takers and SSDI scammers come away unscathed by the Sequester.
The Republicans are no better they knew that DoD had been slammed by two previous massive budget cuts under Obama before Sequestration, but they didn't care.
Now, they are silent as a loyal DoD workforce is punished and financially ruined by its own Federal government. Over 44% of these DoD workers are veterans themselves, many with back to back deployments under their belt, some even with Purple Hearts. It does not matter. They are abandoned.
Shame on this nation.
Just spreading the Detroit around.
“Despite being 17% of the budget, it endures 50% of all Sequester cuts, which EXEMPT our explosive Entitlement spending.”
The impact of these unwise cuts will be creating damage for two decades to come. The pubbies who agreed to this need to be replaced.
He11 yeah! We got mo 'potant chit to be worried bout!
Because we cannot allow the spirit of this type of volunteerism to continue without some sort of impact from liberal destructive agenda(s)...
Maybe those that are tossed out on the street can get jobs with the local police departments in their hometowns...They are ramping up their militaristic persona in the way they approach policing...So it might not be much of a transition for some of them...
Or they can get a job at the IRS, they need some muscle to keep the peeps in line when Obamacare goes online...
Or even the Civilian Corp Obama talks about every now and then...You know, the one that is supposed to be as well armed and trained as our military...Perfect fit...
Ohhhh, I forgot.../sarc
Obama will use this money to give newly legalized immigrants foodstamps, medicaid, section 8, TANF (now permanent), and other benefits.
<< DOD is 17% of the budget, it endures 50% of all Sequester cuts, which EXEMPT our explosive Entitlement spending. >>
And Billions $$ to the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, to the Sunni Muslims in their civil war against the Shia Muslims in Syria, and rebuilding Mosques in Sunni Muslim countries.
I returned home in May and started burning down 509 hours of earned vacation. I was told that we had contract extension funding starting in mid-July and the new contract would be starting in July. Reality check: I’m at 312 hours remaining
and the government pushed the new contract date to Oct 1st. The extension funding was rescinded. The remaining vacation won’t bridge the new gap before the HR machinery revs up to shove me out the door. I’m going to find some other tasking and the customer who left me twisting in the wind will have to look for help elsewhere.
bkmk
I want to know when it is going to start hitting the other Federal departments and their vast land arks full of political sinecures.