tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post3315067817754199993..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: CUTTING WASTEjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-48039589389770499262016-09-17T21:10:06.295-04:002016-09-17T21:10:06.295-04:00It's all smoke and mirrors Joe.
RIt's all smoke and mirrors Joe.<br />RRick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-46789014301104522122016-09-17T21:03:48.739-04:002016-09-17T21:03:48.739-04:00Sadly, this is so true. It makes me want to scream...Sadly, this is so true. It makes me want to scream.<br /><br />The place where Mr. Pixel used to work had a room full of temps who didn't do anything. They just sat there, surfed the internet, Facebooked, took online classes, drank coffee, socialized, etc. When upper management said to reduce staff by 10%, they let a few of those temps go.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-36710662993961972702016-09-17T18:35:42.750-04:002016-09-17T18:35:42.750-04:00I only worked at one school that gave the teachers...I only worked at one school that gave the teachers a money amount for supplies. Don't think it's a lot! It was $150 for the year. So we asked for the most important items, and spent our own money on the rest of what we needed.<br /><br />Other schools just asked for requisitions. Some teachers (not me, of course) padded theirs with extravagances. Might ask for $700-800 worth of stuff. I'm not saying they didn't use it, but that the rest of us were buying a lot of our own stuff. Their justification was that a percentage would be cut, but they'd still get a lot of what they asked for. Shame on those folks, wanting school money to spend on their students!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-56822771662282984022016-09-17T16:10:50.048-04:002016-09-17T16:10:50.048-04:00Ohh, my head hurts. All that justification shouldn...Ohh, my head hurts. All that justification shouldn't be justified. I remember the entitlement costs from the power company days. Simple things like sick days. You are allotted so many days so take them all, sick or not. Wasted dollars. I was never in that group but a huge percent was. Greed is at every level. Not sure we deserve this planet. Dang, you are making me cranky. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-20611517339169141312016-09-17T14:25:49.218-04:002016-09-17T14:25:49.218-04:00I am positive that there is lots of waste in gover...I am positive that there is lots of waste in government. However, the three largest items for the Feds are military spending, the VA, and Medicare. <br /><br />You could cut everything else by 50% and we'd still be running deficits if you didn't cut those items.<br /><br />How are we going to increase two of those three items and still bring the budget into shape?<br /><br />I'm not convinced by what any candidate is saying on the national level. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856160423100846727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-9796917696745979762016-09-17T14:24:57.106-04:002016-09-17T14:24:57.106-04:00I get tired of hearing politicians talk about how ...I get tired of hearing politicians talk about how programs can be paid for by eliminating waste, yet this never seems to happen.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-22422463055115773292016-09-17T13:59:59.086-04:002016-09-17T13:59:59.086-04:00That makes me VERY angry!!That makes me VERY angry!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-24027938192086132042016-09-17T12:19:44.228-04:002016-09-17T12:19:44.228-04:00The government, "of the people, by the people...The government, "of the people, by the people, for the people," has painted itself into a corner. Even if the whole shebang collapsed and WE had to start all over again...who thinks it's going to be that different from what we have now?! (My father was a civilian government worker for 35 years, my husband was retired Army and a veteran of two wars, my son is a civilian government worker with the VA and I worked for a southern state for apx. 4 years). Yaya Snapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724937709679874631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-3899649810657319272016-09-17T11:44:13.933-04:002016-09-17T11:44:13.933-04:00I can't imagine how many levels the gov. has t...I can't imagine how many levels the gov. has to go thru to mandate anything! Trump is a a businessman. Maybe he can turn things around.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912227139276570772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-91690685612477491232016-09-17T11:37:18.214-04:002016-09-17T11:37:18.214-04:00The "use it or lose it" method is used i...The "use it or lose it" method is used in the schools out here in Idaho too. My sis is a social worker and the different counties in Michigan use the same method. In fact, she just told me about one of her clients needing help but there was no money in the county she lived in but if she lived 15 miles to the east, plenty of money. All use it or lose it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912227139276570772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39656962177253494322016-09-17T10:53:30.361-04:002016-09-17T10:53:30.361-04:00I believe you have nailed it.I believe you have nailed it.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-24794031654646266372016-09-17T10:48:22.779-04:002016-09-17T10:48:22.779-04:00I concur with Timothy Hecht. It's called &quo...I concur with Timothy Hecht. It's called "Use it or lose it". If you don't spend all of your budget authorization you will not like get it the next year, so use it or lose it. A friend of mine was in maintenance at a federal prison. He confirmed that they would routinely blow money just so they could be dead broke on the last day of their fiscal year. He told the story of how one year they dug a big hole and pushed a perfectly good tractor/backhoe in and covered it up, then went out and bought a new tractor. Another friend, an electrical contractor, told of how the Army took several old WWII-era barracks and gutted them and then built them back like new...and they were never used as they were scheduled to be torn down the next year anyway, all just so they could get their same or a larger budget the next year. And Congress goes along with this because all these scams are profitable to their campaign donors. So, yeah, as you say, good luck with cutting the federal budget anytime soon.Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-248492092934365022016-09-17T10:43:20.567-04:002016-09-17T10:43:20.567-04:00Yep, I so remember the mindset. It has existed si...Yep, I so remember the mindset. It has existed since the first government agency was put into place.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-12770071558933839262016-09-17T10:34:12.541-04:002016-09-17T10:34:12.541-04:00Sequestration.Sequestration.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-34886320845429768952016-09-17T10:30:49.033-04:002016-09-17T10:30:49.033-04:00This is (actually) a very good post.This is (actually) a very good post.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-15653187720925406422016-09-17T09:29:54.294-04:002016-09-17T09:29:54.294-04:00study after study and recommendation after recomme...study after study and recommendation after recommendation - just adds to the cost.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-90565680126647819472016-09-17T08:52:13.108-04:002016-09-17T08:52:13.108-04:00Waste can be cut, but one person's waste is an...Waste can be cut, but one person's waste is another person's living, so the fights go on.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-11820174269586387112016-09-17T08:16:02.001-04:002016-09-17T08:16:02.001-04:00I was in the USMC as a Supply Clerk. Every year, ...I was in the USMC as a Supply Clerk. Every year, at the end of the year, each unit would use up the remainder of their budget on useless crap just so they could justify asking for more the following year.<br /><br />We must stop this mindset in Washington DC.Agent 54https://www.blogger.com/profile/08168794460959854775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39316878141335296262016-09-17T07:32:19.939-04:002016-09-17T07:32:19.939-04:00As a former bureaucrat I must tell you that progra...As a former bureaucrat I must tell you that programs do get cut all the time and people take on two or three programs and fail to do them all well. Note the VA and its problems. DOD is now over 50% of our budget and rarely faces cuts. Even the Generals express dismay sometimes at the increase in their budgets without need. But those defense contractors wait eagerly to alleviate the excess money. You are correct in that Feds are hard to let go and have protections. But the govt. now has more and more contractors and those are easy to fire.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053208644196545549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-83911255667793160532016-09-17T06:27:46.626-04:002016-09-17T06:27:46.626-04:00Your astute observations are probably classified u...Your astute observations are probably classified under Top Secret, you know!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.com