There is no doubt on this. Chaos isn’t something the civilian federal workforce does well and I can understand the worry. Hopefully things will calm down as the reins are tugged a bit.
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History would suggest otherwise. We aren’t wrong to have low expectations.
Fair enough…I’ve had low expectations of our politics for many years now.
Big Ballz will pound a couple of Monsters, eat a big bag of Cheetos, and fix it all for us.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
The appropriations bill is supposed to go to vote in the House on Tuesday.
House Budget Resolution Aims to Balance Tax Cut and Spending Reduction Goals
The House Budget Committee has released a budget resolution that specifies large reductions in both taxes and spending over the next decade, paving the way to extend the expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and potentially cut other taxes.
taxfoundation.org
If the debt limit isn't raised along with passing this plan, the 'extraordinary measures' will continue and the X-date for default is somewhere in June / July, but could be as early as May.
It seems like the GOP in Congress is attempting to leverage debt limits to force cuts in the Affordable Care Act and Inflation Reduction Act refundable corporate tax credits. Apparently the CHIPS Act (which Trump's first cabinet helped author) is also on the chopping block.
First person perspective and opinions that differ from the cool-kid contrarianism is moral superiority? Got it. Anyway, where were we... hiring freezes?
It's good to be back.....
if you subscribe to the notion that the purpose of a thing is what it does…
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Means-testing government assistance programs is cool-kid contrarianism these days?
Fixed it for you!
They already do that.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Not always.
You can get reduced utilities in SOCAL with a few clicks on a website. No proof of income required.
Oh, and free school lunch for the kids, too. Tom, the bioengineer and Jane, the school administrator, need that free school lunch to feed Kayleigh on their $375k AGI. It's the only meal she gets to eat between waking up and her 430pm dance recital. The money saved on utilities and food pays for a summer trip to Lake Tahoe. I can't think of a better use of federal and state spending.
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For the vast majority of government assistance programs that cost the government the most money, like SNAP and Medicaid, it is already done.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
My back and forth with FadedFloatCoat that led him to call me a contrarian was for being in favor of means-tested assistance for government subsidized school lunch.
If we aren’t taxing Tom and Jane enough to cover the marginal cost of breakfast, we’re doing it wrong.
You want to make them the villain because the callousness it takes to means test Kayliegh over a $2 breakfast is, dare i say it, un-Christian.