Day: March 1, 2011

What Price–A Shut Down?

College of Economical Knowledge

As the day draws near….the deadline, the ultimatum, the line in the sand, the threat, the….well you get my point…….few people realize just what is meant by a governmental shut down…..allow me to assist them in the knowledge of what quiet possibly will occur when the threat is activated……

It has been 15 years since the last federal government shutdown over spending disagreements. Here are some facts about what could happen:

* Hundreds of thousands of the 4.4 million federal workers could be idled as nonessential, disrupting all but vital U.S. services such as national defense, emergency medical care and air traffic control. In addition, some employees of federal contractors may also be furloughed.

* Unlike the last two shutdowns, both of which occurred in the 1990s, this one would take place during tax preparation and filing season. That could mean delayed tax refunds to an untold number of Americans, congressional aides say.

* The last shutdown closed much of the federal government from December 16, 1995, to January 6, 1996. National parks and museums were closed, an estimated 200,000 applications for U.S. passports went unprocessed and work on more than 3,500 bankruptcy cases was suspended.

* Also during the last shutdown, new patients were not accepted into clinical research at the National Institutes of Health, hotline calls to NIH about diseases were not answered, and toxic waste cleanup work at 609 sites stopped.

* A shutdown may be felt on a number of fronts, including delays in approving import and export licenses, Social Security applications and benefits for military veterans, congressional aides say.

* Essential personnel in the last shutdown — employees who remained on the job — included members of the U.S. military, federal criminal investigators, those involved in federal disaster assistance and workers vital to keeping crucial elements of the U.S. money and banking system up and running.

(Thanx to Thomas Ferraro for the facts)

I know this is just a stunt, but if not can someone explain to me how this will balance a budget (as if there is a chance in Hell that will ever happen)?  Explain how this is good for a struggling economy?

(Pause here and wait for someone to step up and take the challenge of an explanation)……..(and wait)……

I am tired of waiting….then why do it?  Since you whole promise machine has promised to lessen the deficit and create jobs….if those neither then why pursue such tom-foolery?  My guess would be that it is either political theater or a major bluff……but what happens if the Dems call the bluff?  Then the public is SCREWED!  AGAIN!

Where, Oh Where Are The Jobs?

I know, I know I am being redundant….but apparently I have to be to get the point across to the American voter…..you listened to their crap….you voted for their crap….and now you are letting them get away with their brand of crap…..what are you people thinking?

The economy sucks!  The threat of a governmental shut down looms.  Abortion and marriage are the key issues in the first couple of months of the session…..Marriage?  Yep, marriage!

The Republican-led House of Representatives is likely to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Calif.) said in a newly-published interview. The move would come in the wake of the decision by the Obama administration to no longer defend the law.

The decision prompted both those in favor and those opposed to the law to call on Congress to make the next move. Liberals are calling for Congress to fully repeal the law — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is introducing legislation to do so — while conservatives want Congress to intervene in court and defend the law.

The early statements by many prominent Republicans following the administration’s DOMA decision were muted, prompting questions over whether opposition to gay marriage had faded as an issue for the GOP base. However, Boehner told CBN that House members have been discussing their options and will make a decision on how to proceed by the end of the week.

OK, the conservs are all a tither about marriage and the definition of said…..where does that deal with jobs?  You know those silly little things that the Right uses for elections but could care little about afterwords……you would think that an economy that is FAR from recovered that the major concern of ANY politician would be the creation of jobs, especially when the “real” unemployment is running close to 15%…..but nope!  You elected officials are spending all their time at work (which is every other week and then usually only 4 days of that week) trying to kill a law, define marriage and so many others….NONE of which is doing you or your neighbor any good what so ever…….

You voted for these nitwits and only YOU can change things….but it will NOT get done while you sit on your butt or stare into your smart phone……PERIOD!