No news here; the Sequester, like every “school layoff” in every city that isn’t Detroit, is basically the same as everyone’s old alcoholic significant other threatening to kill themselves; an abusive, co-dependent way of browbeating and bullying people into giving in. \u00a0 The “cuts” – really a whiz-in-the-wind reduction of an increase – are designed to gull the gullible and intimidate the weak and dependent.<\/p>\n
The FAA Controller furloughs were a great example; the furloughs will save a fraction of the FAA’s consulting budget, or travel budget, or any number of other expendables that don’t directly affect the agency’s mission.<\/p>\n
But squeezing the flying public shows the peasants who’s boss.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
Local community celebrations suffer from Obama Administration tax-hike hostage-taking: “Give us the money or the fly-boys get it<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
Note this quote: “Maj. Darrick Lee, spokesman for the Thunderbirds, said a typical season averages about $9.75 million and the Air Force needs to focus its resources now on its mission in Afghanistan.”<\/p>\n
Seriously? We’re cutting back airshows all the sudden because we need a lousy $10 million to fight the war in Afghanistan? Dude, we spend that every hour over there<\/a> and there’s no end in sight.<\/p>\n
An entire season of Air Force goodwill (and recruitment advertising) that also directly boosts local economies costs about the same as two Obama vacations<\/a>; a grant to redesign Southwest Canyon Road<\/a> in Beaverton, Oregon; or the missing first payment on bankrupt car maker Fisker’s federal Green Energy subsidy loan<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I could understand cutting airshows if the federal government suddenly got Libertarian Fever and cut airshows IN ADDITION to these other boondoggles . . . but the administration shows no sign of fiscal prudence, only political punishment. Longer lines at airport security, laying off air traffic controllers, grounding military flying teams: these are directly aimed at making life miserable for ordinary taxpayers who haven’t demanded higher taxes quickly enough, so they must be punished for it.<\/p>\n
Hostage-taking used to be a gangster tactic, now it’s Democrat standard operating procedure. That should tell us something.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Spare the rod, spoil the taxpayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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