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Does It Get Any Dumber Than This – Maybe, Just Wait
Republicans hate the
Federal government and think all Federal spending is a big waste (except of
course for defense spending and spending on large Congressional salaries and
massive perks, that’s ok). So they
refuse to budge on something called the Sequester which cuts spending from
domestic agencies.
As a result the FBI,
you know, the people protecting the citizens against terror attacks and
national and international crime, may have to completely
close its offices for 10 days in the next fiscal year which starts October
1.
FBI
officials are hinting that the agency might furlough employees for more than 10
weekdays and shut down its offices on those dates if the government-wide
spending cuts known as the sequester continue through the next fiscal year.
Such
a plan would affect FBI personnel more than the agency’s current sequester
measures, which do not involve unpaid leave. It would also impact
investigations and intelligence gathering, as only essential employees
would remain on the job during furlough days.
Of course spending
cuts have already affected law enforcement.
The FBI’s sequester reductions for fiscal 2013 included cutbacks in
hiring, training and equipment purchases.
But Republicans don’t
care. Anything that endangers their vision of America, a vision that includes a crippled central government, tax
cuts for the wealthy, reduction in aid for the young, the poor, the students,
the ill and the elderly must give way.
And if a reduced FBI fighting crime and terrorism is the cost to give
the Mitt Romney’s of the world lower taxes, well too bad. Besides Mitt and his friends can pay for
their own private security, they don’t need no stinkin badges.
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