Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Sequester resulted in ONE job loss

Thanks a lot Congressman Ryan. You negotiated away much of the progress we had made in reducing deficits by virtue of the sequester because as you and Senator Murray explained the cuts were just too harsh. Yes, very harsh. The sequester resulted in the loss of ONE full time federal job. One, Congressman, yes one goddam job. Well done! According to a GAO report that unfortunate soul worked for the U.S. Parole Commission.
Senator Tom Coburn a relentless budget hawk observed;
“Despite relentless warnings about the dire consequences of sequestration’s budget cuts, it appears sequestration resulted in only one layoff,” Coburn said in a statement. “While that’s good news for federal employees and other workers, it is devastating to the credibility of Washington politicians and administration officials who spent months—and millions of dollars—engaging in a coordinated multi-agency cabinet-level public relations campaign to scare the American people.”
Yes and it doesn't make House Republicans look very smart either.
“Taxpayers expect us to root our predictions in fact, not ideology and spin,” Coburn added.
The highly respected Congressional Budget Office which has assured us that Obamacare would cost less than a trillion dollars over ten years had projected 100,000 federal workers would lose their jobs.
Oh well, I guess that's close enough for government work but we can think of some people who need to lose their jobs.

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