Obama Sequester Douchebaggery

[Ruffdaddy]

I agree. Cut all this dumb use shit. If you can't get rid of this, you're on a be helpless cutting any defense budgets.

[Forever_frost]

These are things being cut while Obama still has parties at the WH and is planning on a 2 month trip to Martha's Vineyard

[Ruffdaddy]

These are things being cut while Obama still has parties at the WH and is planning on a 2 month trip to Martha's Vineyard

I don't give a shit. The excuse to not cut something because someone else is doing something is horseshit.

Cry me a river and stop being a hypocritical part of the problem with a stupidly extreme stance against cutting the dumbass spending problems in the military. It's exhausting that anyone can be so entirely dumb.

[barronj]

Everyone should be grounded. Nobody spends a dime on leaving the capitol grounds until they can write a balanced budget. No more extensions, no more rescheduling... and certainly no more allowing programs like SNAP to be advertised to Mexican citizens as a crutch to lean on when they get here, illegally, FFS.

Nobody could run a company like this, but it's allowed to the point of ignored/overlooked, shocking that we allow our country to be run like this.

IT'S A BIG JOKE TO THEM (red and blue)

[Forever_frost]

I don't give a shit. The excuse to not cut something because someone else is doing something is horseshit.

Cry me a river and stop being a hypocritical part of the problem with a stupidly extreme stance against cutting the dumbass spending problems in the military. It's exhausting that anyone can be so entirely dumb.

Actually, like the military spending, spending on keeping the White House open to the people is part of the functions of a government. That is the People's House and making that the first thing that is cut after defense is stupid and insulting and a mark of a dictator. You gut the military, plus up the TSA and arm them with billions of rounds, armored vehicles and then shut teh WH down to the public.

You're just upset that my argument against cutting the military spending is constitutional

[8mpg]

They waste it on millions of other shit. Atleast this is a good reason.

While this is true...they need to cut all that shit too

[Whiteboy]

While this is true...they need to cut all that shit too

Never happen

[racrguy]

Actually, like the military spending, spending on keeping the White House open to the people is part of the functions of a government. That is the People's House and making that the first thing that is cut after defense is stupid and insulting and a mark of a dictator. You gut the military, plus up the TSA and arm them with billions of rounds, armored vehicles and then shut teh WH down to the public.

You're just upset that my argument against cutting the military spending is constitutional

I was waiting for that to come up.

[slow99]

I was waiting for that to come up.

Reporting post for unconstitutionality.

[Forever_frost]

I was waiting for that to come up.

What can I say? The Constitution changes only by amendment. As it's words stay the same, so does my argument. Now, if the constitution is amended to include all of those other departments and welfare, then I will concede that all are covered and all must be cut appropriately. Until then, there are constitutional mandatory expenditures and unconstitutional ones. Before you touch the constitutional ones, you must remove completely all of the unconstitutional ones

[racrguy]

What can I say? The Constitution changes only by amendment. As it's words stay the same, so does my argument. Now, if the constitution is amended to include all of those other departments and welfare, then I will concede that all are covered and all must be cut appropriately. Until then, there are constitutional mandatory expenditures and unconstitutional ones. Before you touch the constitutional ones, you must remove completely all of the unconstitutional ones

I defer all things constitutionally related to you. You obviously know what you're talking about when it comes to the constitution.

[blownaltered]

What can I say? The Constitution changes only by amendment. As it's words stay the same, so does my argument. Now, if the constitution is amended to include all of those other departments and welfare, then I will concede that all are covered and all must be cut appropriately. Until then, there are constitutional mandatory expenditures and unconstitutional ones. Before you touch the constitutional ones, you must remove completely all of the unconstitutional ones

I say figure out were we are going to cut budgets and start. I don't really care which one starts first but if it doesn't start somewhere it will never start. Your arguement that it needs to be other things first doesn't really work, it needs to be all of them at one time. This country is broke and nobody wants their particular program to get funding cuts first, how is that going to fix the problem.

[racrguy]

I say figure out were we are going to cut budgets and start. I don't really care which one starts first but if it doesn't start somewhere it will never start. Your arguement that it needs to be other things first doesn't really work, it needs to be all of them at one time. This country is broke and nobody wants their particular program to get funding cuts first, how is that going to fix the problem.

Nope. Constitution says he doesn't have to cut military spending.

[ceyko]

I say figure out were we are going to cut budgets and start. I don't really care which one starts first but if it doesn't start somewhere it will never start. Your arguement that it needs to be other things first doesn't really work, it needs to be all of them at one time. This country is broke and nobody wants their particular program to get funding cuts first, how is that going to fix the problem.

Constitution or not, I concur military spending should be more efficient. That's like saying there should be world peace though.

With that said, (and I'll say it again, everyone is going to suffer in one way or another over budget cuts) - a I still have not seen any major cuts to welfare...etc type programs. I maybe missing it for sure, I do not sleep/eat or breath these things - but I figured I'd see something on here or my normal reading per day.

[Forever_frost]

Actually, the constitution demands that defense be covered. If you'd like to make an argument at to our nation being completely defended at X spending level, be my guest. It really doesn't change the fact that there are 18 mandated obligations of the federal government and that's it. If you're doing those 18 things and still can't pay for them, then let's start cutting the fat.

The fact that we have so many unconstitutional expenditures that the enumerated requirements can't be funded fully is the issue. Defense is currently 25% of total spending. That means 75% of spending isn't defense and covers a LOT of unconstitutional spending.