Sequesterization?

[Townsend]

Actually, I'm surprised Inhofe didn't come out saying cuts to FAA were off limits. 

He tried to keep the tower cuts from happening.

[Townsend]

Everyone is a conservative

Fiscally, maybe.

Socially?  No.

[heironymouspasparagus]

No doubt government cuts hurt, but looking at how much debt we've piled up, we've simply been putting off the inevitable for a long time.

And of course, you do realize that cuts alone won't get it done...there will have to be revenue increases!  And since we have proven that tax cuts don't generate more income, but less, that means the Bush wealth transfer will have to end.

[Hoss]

And of course, you do realize that cuts alone won't get it done...there will have to be revenue increases!  And since we have proven that tax cuts don't generate more income, but less, that means the Bush wealth transfer will have to end.

But you can't tell the conservatives that.  Not when their golden boy Ryan has the infallible plan..

[Townsend]

Oklahoma Labor Department will close Tulsa office

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-labor-department-will-close-tulsa-office/article/3771575

State Labor Commissioner Mark Costello on Tuesday blamed federal budget cuts caused by sequestration for the pending closure of the state Labor Department's Tulsa office. About 20 percent of the Labor Department's annual budget comes from federal funds, Costello said. The agency, with about 78 full-time employees, oversees areas from locksmiths to workers' compensation enforcement and child labor laws. Its federal funding will be cut by about $481,000 next year due to sequestration, he said. The department will shut the office at the end of May and has offered 11 workers there the option of taking a buyout or relocating to Oklahoma City.

[Townsend]

Nonprofit Center discusses effects of federal budget cuts

http://enidnews.com/localnews/x1221099853/Effects-of-federal-budget-cuts-The-Nonprofit-Center-to-host-educational-session

The effects of federal budget cuts will be one of the topics discussed April 5 at an educational session for area nonprofit agencies. Center for Nonprofits spokesperson Julie Rogers said most nonprofits already report rapidly increasing demand, and that will increase as the federal cutbacks continue. Among the programs that will be affected is the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. Cuts in the WIC program will have a ripple effect, she said. As people deal with cuts, they will turn more to nonprofits for services. In addition, Rogers said, $298,000 statewide will be cut from senior meals, and 12,000 unemployed Oklahomans will no longer receive assistance.

[guido911]

I do not know if this true, accurate, or not, but I heard several talking heads rambling on about this. I am looking at this purely for the humor.

Only one employee in the entire federal government lost a job due to sequestration, according to a government audit that found the only permanent cut came at the U.S. Parole Commission, which eliminated one position.
Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, said Wednesday that the audit — performed by the Government Accountability Office and released last month — shows that the worries over sequestration's impact on jobs was overblown.


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/7/sequestration-cost-only-one-job-entire-government-/#ixzz31Bu9LWBz
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[Gaspar]

I do not know if this true, accurate, or not, but I heard several talking heads rambling on about this. I am looking at this purely for the humor.

Government is a morphallactic.  Jobs are never actually lost.

[RecycleMichael]

We should have congressional hearings about it.

[Gaspar]

Nah, no one died.  Sequester was a drop in the bucket for government.

The day before yesterday, the president ordered a new fleet of helicopters to transport him from the south lawn to his bi-weekly golf outings at Andrews, with a total cost of as much as $20 billion.  The hydra will always continue to grow.


http://www.defense.gov/Contracts/Contract.aspx?ContractID=5280
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/09/obama-s-new-helicopter-fleet-could-cost-20-billion.html

[Conan71]

He does have a good sense of humor:

"Even President Obama seemed bewildered by the runaway program. "The helicopter I have seems perfectly adequate to me," Obama said. "Of course, I've never had a helicopter before. Maybe I've been deprived and I didn't know it."'

[guido911]

We should have congressional hearings about it.

What differnece does it make?

[RecycleMichael]

The day before yesterday, the president ordered a new fleet of helicopters to transport him from the south lawn to his bi-weekly golf outings at Andrews, with a total cost of as much as $20 billion.  

Read the whole story. These helicopters were ordered in 2002 under then president George Bush.

Your hatred of golf and obsession with Obama seems to have clouded your ability to read even the stories you post.

[guido911]

So many requirements were piled on the Kestrel program that it was decided the helicopters would need new engines, gear boxes, and drive trains just to lift everything, not to mention a 180-pound President of the United States. The program quickly became so expensive each helicopter—then estimated to cost about $400 million in 2009 dollars—rivaled the cost of Air Force One, the president's Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

[Emphasis] Christie or Hillary presidency will require more modifications to the chopper. I keed.

[TeeDub]

Read the whole story. These helicopters were ordered in 2002 under then president George Bush.

Maybe you should try reading the article for once as well....    The Bush program was cancelled in 2009...  This is an entirely new set of helicopters.. 

The Daily Beast reported Friday that the 23 or more new choppers based on the Sikorsky S-92 medium helicopter will be delivered, but not until 2022.
That means Obama, whose administration has green-lighted the expense, will likely never ride in the shiny new aircraft.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/09/obama-s-new-helicopter-fleet-could-cost-20-billion.html