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2013-04-25 7:30 AM
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mr2tony - 2013-04-23 4:18 PM 

 

If the administration accepted flexibility, then they would own the cuts that they didn't want, and no matter what they choose you can be sure they'd be attacked for choosing wrong.

Maybe because they are wrong... hmmmm..

Which is why they don't want to own the cuts, as Drew said.

Maybe if Harry Reid and the President has presented a budget in the last 4 flipping years we might have been able to avert some of this.  The left is JUST as wrong as the right on this issue.  It was the left who suggested the sequester, now they are trying to make the right own it.  That's the disingenuous part.

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1234run - 2013-04-23 5:38 PM

Fed employee here.  Sequester is a joke.  Sure there is a "hiring freeze" (of course, essential positions are still being posted), but other than being told I can't travel for training, we aren't really being hit.  My office ended up with a cut of roughly $350,000, which is fine because we are always scrambling to spend money at the end of the year anyhow.  As you all have alluded to, politics is the real reason some folks are acting as if the sequester is a huge ordeal.  Don't be fooled, there really isn't any savings going on at most agencies. 

Then, no offense to your directly of course, but your budgets should have been cut years ago.  This is the type of wasteful spending that has gotten us to this point.

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I couldn't agree more.  We have operated a high levels for years now.  The lack of knowledge about the federal budget system is a part of the issue as well.  Managers just don't get that they don't need to spend every cent they are appropriated.  The perception is that if your office doesn't spend money then it is seen as not needing funding at those levels during out years (Federal process is three years for budgets).  SO, unwise managers scramble to spend money at the end of the FY fearing that it will somehow impact their budget. This has lead to poor spending and high waste at the end of every FY I have worked for the Feds.  I don't disagree with the cuts we are being asked to make, I just wish they would buy out the employees with 30+ years of experience that are coasting through their jobs because they can't get fired.  With that set-up there is no need for them to retire.  Anyway, I could go on about the inefficiencies at my agency, but I will spare you all.
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