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2007 Budget
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:28 pm
by R00k
Wonderful.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/budget_agenc ... MlJVRPUCUl
Not only is there not another dollar mentioned for the gulf coast (I guess everything's been fixed, right?) - they're even cutting the Corps of Engineers by 41.3%. :icon27:
Some of the cuts:
Education - 28.5%
Corps of Engineers - 41.3%
HUD - 29.9%
Energy - 1.8%
EPA - 4.9%
Commerce - 2.2%
Also it says that Defense is being cut by 8.7% - but Homeland Security is growing by 9.8%. :icon27:
Boy it's great having a fear-based priority system.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:28 pm
by R00k
MKJ wrote:
28% for education? tnf will have a fit
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:29 pm
by R00k
Canis wrote:I will survive.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:29 pm
by R00k
MKJ wrote:28% for education? tnf will have a fit
Yes, that's possibly the worst one on there.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:29 pm
by R00k
And of course the bipartisan quote-unquote "protest" that follows:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_ ... _wh/budget
Here we have republicans saying things like, the budget "represents the president's dedication to fiscal discipline, an efficient federal government and the continuation of a thriving U.S. economy." Just like domestic spying is really "terrorist eavesdropping."
At least somebody is being straightforward about our economic situation:
"America is borrowing 80 percent of the world's annual savings. We are handing our children and our children's children a set of obligations they will owe to foreign central banks," Baucus told Snow.
Sen. Kent Conrad (news, bio, voting record), D-N.D., produced charts showing that the amount of federal government debt held by foreigners before Bush became president totaled $1 trillion and now in the first five years of his administration has more than doubled.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:30 pm
by R00k
Fender wrote:Don't you know R00K? Debt and oil and the environment don't matter because Jesus is coming back soon.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:30 pm
by R00k
HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:28% cut to education?
o m f g
not surprising though
but, i can't believe the American people will allow it
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:31 pm
by R00k
Foo wrote:After all that's gone before, you can't believe it?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:31 pm
by R00k
Tsakali_ wrote:HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:
28% cut to education?
o m f g
not surprising though
but, i can't believe the American people will allow it
how exactly are we allowing this? I never got the memo to vote one these changes :icon27:
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:32 pm
by R00k
Meanwhile, the "support our troops" president is giving soldiers their lowest payraise in over 10 years:
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1- ... 516857.php
2007 Defense budget proposal offers 2.2-percent pay raise
By Gordon Trowbridge
Times staff writer
The smallest pay raise for troops in more than a decade and billions of dollars for expensive weapons programs highlight the proposed 2007 defense budget unveiled Monday by the Bush administration.
The $439 billion budget plan would represent a 7 percent increase over the budget Congress approved for this year.
It includes a 2.2-percent military pay increase, a boost in special operations forces for the Army and Marine Corps, more than $10 billion for new F-22 and F/A-18 fighter jets, $11 billion for new ships for the Navy and $10 billion for the administration’s controversial ballistic missile defense program.
The 2.2 percent raise — tied to a government index of private-sector wage growth — would be the smallest since 1994, and is likely to meet with opposition from some on Capitol Hill.
It's illuminating that the reason the raise is so small, is because people in the private sector are getting shittier pay as well.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:32 pm
by R00k
Fender wrote:Don't you know R00K? Debt and oil and the environment don't matter because Jesus is coming back soon.
Yea, I keep forgetting about that.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:37 pm
by Dek
R00k wrote:Meanwhile, the "support our troops" president is giving soldiers their lowest payraise in over 10 years:
It's probably because of all the hazardous duty pay and extended TDY pay they are having to pay the troops my wife was making upwards of 60k per year with all the BAS/BAQ + hazardous duty pay all adding up while she was there she was only a Tech Sergeant in the Air Force
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:38 pm
by MKJ
who needs the waybackmachine if you have rook
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:40 pm
by Foo
Dek wrote:R00k wrote:Meanwhile, the "support our troops" president is giving soldiers their lowest payraise in over 10 years:
It's probably because of all the hazardous duty pay and extended TDY pay they are having to pay the troops my wife was making upwards of 60k per year with all the BAS/BAQ + hazardous duty pay all adding up while she was there she was only a Tech Sergeant in the Air Force
That might explain it but it doesn't justify it, right?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:42 pm
by Fender
wtf happened to this thread?!?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:49 pm
by R00k
Dek wrote:R00k wrote:Meanwhile, the "support our troops" president is giving soldiers their lowest payraise in over 10 years:
It's probably because of all the hazardous duty pay and extended TDY pay they are having to pay the troops my wife was making upwards of 60k per year with all the BAS/BAQ + hazardous duty pay all adding up while she was there she was only a Tech Sergeant in the Air Force
I would say that's probably one of MANY things that could be the cause of it. Look at all the programs in the budget where they have INCREASED spending though - I think those show it's just a matter of backwards priorities.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:51 pm
by R00k
Fender wrote:wtf happened to this thread?!?
http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16810
Something got borked on the forums and all the posts for the last few hours disappeared.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:52 pm
by Dek
Foo wrote:
That might explain it but it doesn't justify it, right?
Not justified one bit, they earned that money, I'm sure the majority of them would prefer to be at home with loved ones and making their regular job salaries...
Re: 2007 Budget
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:02 pm
by seremtan
R00k wrote:Wonderful.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/budget_agenc ... MlJVRPUCUl
Not only is there not another dollar mentioned for the gulf coast (I guess everything's been fixed, right?) - they're even cutting the Corps of Engineers by 41.3%. :icon27:
Some of the cuts:
Education - 28.5%
Corps of Engineers - 41.3%
HUD - 29.9%
Energy - 1.8%
EPA - 4.9%
Commerce - 2.2%
Also it says that Defense is being cut by 8.7% - but Homeland Security is growing by 9.8%. :icon27:
Boy it's great having a fear-based priority system.
any clues as to who will be benefitting from these tax, um, i mean budget cuts?
possibly someone like this...
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:21 pm
by Hannibal
Medicare/medicaid was going to take a shot to the balls as well...the prescription drug plan under Medicare is a walking fucking nightmare (I'm currently trying to help my mom sort through it all). Thanks George you cunt.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:04 pm
by Canis
Damn! It really looks like Rook took command of this thread at the beginning.
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:31 pm
by R00k
:icon32:
I still had it cached so why not? I was sure somebody was going to post and break my run though.