Brad needs to seriously think about what he’s doing. Sluggish economy or not, he’s selling out the woman he ostensibly loves for a horrible manager and a job at a fast food restaurant. I hope Toni doesn’t let him off the hook for this; he needs to grow up.
Indeed. If my family had a spending problem, the solution is to curb the deficit spending rather than demanding a higher income. The latter wouldn’t fix the core problem.
I work in an area that has numberous defense and NASA employees—including myself. It’s been a reality for a few years now that that on most projects, budgets can be cut, changed, delayed, or that we can lose funding at any time…even though that money has been “earmarked.” It’s unfortunate, but it’s a fiscal reality.
Congress is SUPPOSED to approve budgets and spending bills, but when the Democrats ceeded that responsibility when they had a majority and still failed to produce a budget on time for FY 2010, and 2011. Both parties have a pretty poor record in election years, but, lately, as the party in control, Democrats have done an exceedingly poor job. Let’s look at the record: – In 2010, not one regular budget bill was approved by Congress and not a single one was debated in the Senate - In 2008, not one regular budget bill was approved by Congress and not a single one was debated in the Senate - In 2006, only two regular budget bills were approved by Congress - In 2004, four of the 12 regular budget bills were approved by Congress; the rest were jammed into a big Omnibus before Christmas - In 2002, two of the regular budget bills were approved by Congress; the rest were jammed into a big Omnibus the next February
You have to go back to 2000 to find an election year when over half of the spending bills in Congress were approved in a timely fashion.
There are a lot of things that could be cut, and should be cut, instead of defaulting on the nation’s debts. But that is not likely to happen, if there is a political benefit for Democrats to blame the Republicans for forcing a government shutdown or a credit default.
I, for one, agree with drawing a line in the sand over borrowing. Artificially increasing the debt limit yet again isn’t the answer, since it will only continue to enable the behavior that got us in this position in the first place.
Brad needs to seriously think about what he’s doing. Sluggish economy or not, he’s selling out the woman he ostensibly loves for a horrible manager and a job at a fast food restaurant. I hope Toni doesn’t let him off the hook for this; he needs to grow up.