Just went on a date with an Amtrack worker last night who has been affected by the ao called government shutdown ...her third one within the past 8 years she worked ...
Dug up a few old articles with refrence this "game" being played by politicians...
WE ARE NOT BROKE..WE ARE BEING ROBBED
With news of a deadline for a federal budget deal, the cries of “we’re broke,” and “we can’t afford to keep spending,” are ringing again. But we’re not broke and acting like we are is making us poorer.
When Uncle Sam gives big corporations tax breaks to move jobs overseas, we’ve been robbed. When Washington taxes billionaires at a lower rate than their secretaries, we’ve been robbed.
One of the biggest common misunderstandings is that governments are like households, which need to tighten their spending when times are tough. Actually, governments and households work in opposite ways.
Governments can and should spend more when times are tough. Government spending makes up for lack of spending by families and businesses, and it helps get the economy moving by getting people back to work, putting money in their pockets, and contracting with businesses.
We’ve also cut all the wrong things: spending that puts money in people’s pockets today and investments in our economic future. We’ve cut spending on education, unemployment insurance, environmental protection, and scientific research.
WE ARE NOT BROKE ..WE ARE BEING STARVED
Newswise — A government shutdown is looming and many politicians who are claiming “we’re broke” are proposing short-term or long-term federal budget plans with steep budget cuts as the only option to reduce the deficit.
“But it looks like budget deficits are being driven in part by a deliberate strategy to sustain them, so policymakers are forced to cut spending,” says Timothy McBride, PhD, economist and associate dean for public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
“The evidence certainly supports the theory that the Republicans are using a strategy of ‘starving the beast,’” he says.
This picture is had also being played out in the states, where one of the first acts of the Wisconsin governor and the legislature was to pass a tax cut of over $100 million, adding to a real long-term budget deficit problem facing the state.
“After starving the beast, he turned around and argued that the state was broke and it was essential that state and local government workers take cuts in benefits,” McBride says.
We’re Not Broke — We’ve Been Robbed
'We’re Not Broke, We’re Starving,' Says Brown School Economist
Dug up a few old articles with refrence this "game" being played by politicians...
WE ARE NOT BROKE..WE ARE BEING ROBBED
With news of a deadline for a federal budget deal, the cries of “we’re broke,” and “we can’t afford to keep spending,” are ringing again. But we’re not broke and acting like we are is making us poorer.
When Uncle Sam gives big corporations tax breaks to move jobs overseas, we’ve been robbed. When Washington taxes billionaires at a lower rate than their secretaries, we’ve been robbed.
One of the biggest common misunderstandings is that governments are like households, which need to tighten their spending when times are tough. Actually, governments and households work in opposite ways.
Governments can and should spend more when times are tough. Government spending makes up for lack of spending by families and businesses, and it helps get the economy moving by getting people back to work, putting money in their pockets, and contracting with businesses.
We’ve also cut all the wrong things: spending that puts money in people’s pockets today and investments in our economic future. We’ve cut spending on education, unemployment insurance, environmental protection, and scientific research.
WE ARE NOT BROKE ..WE ARE BEING STARVED
Newswise — A government shutdown is looming and many politicians who are claiming “we’re broke” are proposing short-term or long-term federal budget plans with steep budget cuts as the only option to reduce the deficit.
“But it looks like budget deficits are being driven in part by a deliberate strategy to sustain them, so policymakers are forced to cut spending,” says Timothy McBride, PhD, economist and associate dean for public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
“The evidence certainly supports the theory that the Republicans are using a strategy of ‘starving the beast,’” he says.
This picture is had also being played out in the states, where one of the first acts of the Wisconsin governor and the legislature was to pass a tax cut of over $100 million, adding to a real long-term budget deficit problem facing the state.
“After starving the beast, he turned around and argued that the state was broke and it was essential that state and local government workers take cuts in benefits,” McBride says.
We’re Not Broke — We’ve Been Robbed
'We’re Not Broke, We’re Starving,' Says Brown School Economist
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voters don't CHANGE shyt...
... The fukk if I would
