There's the Postal Service Fund which is $100 million a year and the Post Office borrowed $16 billion so far from the government. Doesn't matter if it's in the budget, we have to pay it.
. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > you forget that the Post office is not included in the budget. It is an > independent entity. You want the post office to save money, how about > removing some of the onerous requirements imposed on it by congress, such > as having to fully fund all pensions that no business is required to do so. > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > You wouldn't do that here. :P > > > > So in your mind the government is perfect and no cuts anywhere are > needed? > > Remember Obama was going to use a scalpel and Romney was going to fire > Big > > Bird? Big Bird got another $400 million during the recent shutdown. How > > about $93 - 250 million on that website that doesn't work for starters. > Now > > they will throw how many more $$$ at it? How about corn subsidies or most > > farm subsidies for that matter. How about stopping Saturday mail > delivery, > > and raising retirement age for SS? Most important, repeal Obamacare. We > > can't afford it. > > > > But if you google spending cuts you get more ideas: > > http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/plan-to-cut-federal-spending > > > > And then there's this: > > And then there's this: > > > > The Tea Party's top 10 preferred cuts: > > 1. Repeal Obamacare (93%) > > 2. Reduce duplicative purchases of Pentagon Supplies (90%) > > 3. Eliminate Department of Education (81%) > > 4. Privatize Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac (81%) > > 5. Reduce discretionary spending to 2008 levels (76%) > > 6. Block grant Medicaid (74%) > > 7. End ethanol tax credits (71%) > > 8. Sell needless federal buildings (71%) > > 9. Eliminate HUD (70%) > > 10. Reduce Medicare teaching subsidies (68%) > > > > Speaking to selling government buildings, Sen Feinstein's hubby is raking > > in $millions selling post offices. > > > > . > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Each time someone rails about spending cuts, I send them a link to the > > > budget page, and ask them exactly what they want to cut. I have yet to > > get > > > a response that recommends any specific cuts - just a lot of sound and > > fury > > > about whatever the latest media buzzword is. > > > > > > The average voter is massively ignorant of the reality of government > > > spending. I've even had someone suggest that the National Park Service > > and > > > NPR receive more money than the Defense Department. Also, there is a > > > constant meme on Facebook that suggests that all defense employees > could > > be > > > pay by cutting the salaries of the President and Congress. They > > obviously > > > have no sense of the magnitude of cost of a standing army. > > > > > > I'm all for less spending, but for someone to wave the arms and yell > "cut > > > spending" or "kill Obamacare" without any plan or clue was to what that > > > involves is just spin and nonsense. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368067 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
