Simple solution. Hold them accountable.
Require by law that important tasks (like passing a budget) have a deadline. The budget starts on 1 Oct each year, so make the deadline 60 days prior. If congressional staff have not agreed and the prez has not signed off, the Supreme Court issues a reprimand to ALL of them giving them 7 days to be done. If after 7 days it is still not done, a second letter goes out and they are docked pay and benefits with 7 days to comply. If after the 7 days it is still not done they are put into lockdown in a central location and have up to 14 days to have it done. If, it is still not done, every one of them receives a memorandum from the Supreme Court stating that they cannot run for public office ever again and they are investigated further to determine if this was done with intent to defraud the Taxpayer or prevent the judicial process from being completed. Any found guilty in this case would be immedietely removed. For all of the others, when their term is up, they are done. The final budget is then worked and approved by the Supreme Court in 21 days which will mean that it is in place 7 days prior to 1 Oct.
This may seem extreme, but keep in mind that this is the same process that is used for Govt employees and Military members so it must be solid on the legal front.
All elected officials work for us. (The taxpayers) There sole job is to negotiate and find ways to agree. Whether you are on the left or right and whether you agree with the Affordable Healthcare Act or not, you all have to understand that 800,000 or so innocent bystanders are waiting to go back to work for you. What is in their way are a bunch of elected officials that can't agree or work together. (Which again is what we pay them to do) That is a travesty for all of us!!!
The Affordable health care act is 800 pages long. That is 8 reams of paper. Does it need to be included in the budget discussion? Yes. Does it need to be resolved? Yes. The problem is that we are 4 Trillion in Debt which is 3 trillion more than it was when the current prez and many of our elected officials took office. The bottom line is that we don't have all of the money to move forward with it. That is not a budget issue.
Example: If your vehicle broke down tomorrow, you would have to buy a new one. You might vote for a Ferrari when in reality you can only afford a Geo. Your options at that point are to either buy the Geo or not drive. The people that we have elected have opted to not drive at our expense.
Hold them accountable!!!
Ummmm..... We aren't saving a dime. They are paying all furloughed employees. It was a unanimous vote on Saturday. (As they should since the decision to not work is out of their control) So yes...... Govt workers are not allowed to work but they are still gonna get paid. (Just not until the elected folks can agree)
does this suck? oh yea....
BUT:
I have enjoyed sooooo many nice cigars with the time to myself... I would almost say this was entirely worth the time off to just sit flat out and burn a stick for 2 hours and stare at the desert.
does this suck? oh yea....
BUT:
I have enjoyed sooooo many nice cigars with the time to myself... I would almost say this was entirely worth the time off to just sit flat out and burn a stick for 2 hours and stare at the desert.
does this suck? oh yea....
BUT:
I have enjoyed sooooo many nice cigars with the time to myself... I would almost say this was entirely worth the time off to just sit flat out and burn a stick for 2 hours and stare at the desert.
X2 bro. This is the only upside!!
After the last furlow that happened, me and the ol'lady started saving and planning for the next one... we were ready for this! So you have to treat it like a vacation.....
just breaks my heart though.... I love this country... and to have to be prepaired for a govt failure? thats just unacceptable to me. This is friggen America!
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