On Obama's spending freeze, I need more details before I can have a good opinion

[Cant trust em]

but I guess that's true for just about anything.

My personal anecdote for this is that a few years ago, I was an intern for VA. It was a paid internship, $10,000 for the semester. The sad part is that I didn't really do shit. My superiors didn't really know what to do with me. The office I worked in should definitely get a trim. The problem with the federal bureaucracy is that everyone believes that they can do more and better work if they have more money. They have no incentive to trim.

So looking at the big picture, there are definitely some places where we'll need to trim the fat. Some places need to be supplemented with additional funding. Before I can cast judgment on his proposal, I need to see more.

[leftstreet]

1. LOL An anti-VA post

nice

:eyes:

[Cant trust em]

2. My bad. I just meant the office that supported my position.

It was a total waste, particularly since it didn't directly support veterans.

[jkshaw]

3. Nevertheless, the OP's main point is valid.

[Marianne Silber]

4. The Spending Freeze Snow Ball Has Officially Began!!!

The Obama Spending Freeze Has Officially Began, At A News Conference Early Today on Wednesday January 27, 2010, Kutchie Pelaez of Kutchie's Key West Kutcharitaville Cafe, Announced To Corporate Officers and Corporate Share Holders That His Company Would Freeze Wholesale As Well As Retail Prices For His, "World's Greatest Key Lime Pie", This Price Freeze Includes But Is Not Limited To, Whole Key Lime Pies as Well As, Huge Slices of His Famous Key Lime Pie. Pelaez Announced This Very Important Discussion Despite Discouragement From All Those Special Interest Groups, That Included, Speaker of the House, Congress Woman Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid. It Is Assumed That President Barack Obama, Had Pressured His Constituents To Oppose The Pelaez Company's Decisions To The Price Freeze On The Company's Products. Mr Pelaez Was Highly Applauded By Ben Stein and Ralph Nader, Both of Who Were Present At The Announcement. Representatives For Former Vice President Al Gore, Insisted That Kutchie Make His Famous Key Lime Pies "Green", But Mr Pelaez Countered That Statement By Saying That, "His Pies Are All Natural And Made By His Grand Mother's 1920's Secret Recipe and That He Had No Intention Of Ever Changing The Successful Recipe". Kutchie Said That His World Famous Key Lime Pie, "Ain't Green and That It Will Never Be Green". Many Of The Share Holders Commented That Mr Pelaez's Decision, Was An Absolutely Brilliant Business Decision. Stuart Varney Of Fox Business News, Said That "He Was Confused", "If Obama Wanted Price Freezes, Then Why! Would He Come-Out In Apposition To The Kutcharitaville Cafe Price Freeze's? "What Say You", Said Varney?
No Statements Were Made, But A Lot Of The People Attending The Conference, Were Wondering, "What The Company's Thoughts Might Me Concerning Future Prices" For, "Kutchie's World's Greatest Cheese Burgers". I Suppose That Question Will Come-Up At A Future Conference? Mr Pelaez Made The Comment That, "The Company's Business Was Great and Still Running Behind In Keeping-Up With Demand, Even Though The Country Is In A Recession. That By Holding Prices Firm, He Believes That It Could Help The Countries Economy Recover Quicker. Kutchie Has Always Maintained The Perspective That It Is Very Important To Keep The Jobs Here In America And Not Out-Source His Company's Jobs Out-Side Of This Country. One Spokes Person Made The Comment That, Jimmy Buffet's Cheese Burger In Paradise Has Been Closing UP Many It's Stores In Different Ares Of The Country. A Kutcharitaville Spokeswoman Insisted To The Conference That, "The Kutcharitaville Company Has Not, In The Past Or, In The Present, Have Ever Had Any Affiliation With "Jimmy Buffet or The Cheese Burger in Paradise Co.-(Witch Is Owned and Operated By Out Back Steak House"). However She Did Say That, "Kutcharitaville Cafe" Doses Play Quite A Bit Of Mr Buffet's Music As Well As Many Other Artist's Music.
So, The Good News For Today Is, The Country's Most Favorite and Famous, "The World's Greatest Key Lime Pie", Will Continue To Be Made Here In The United States, That The Employees Of Kutcharitaville Cafes Will Remain Employed, The Famous Key Lime Pie Will Continue At Today's Prices And "Kutchie's World's Greatest Key Lime Pie", Ain't Green And It Will Never Be Green!!!
The Only Questions Remaining Are Probably, The Future Prices Of The Goody Goody, Kutchie's "World's Greatest Cheese Burgers", And Kutchie's Famous "Roast Prime Ribs of Beef w/swamp water. Stay Tuned For Any Further Reports On "Kutchie's Key West Kutcharitaville Cafes". "Now You Know".....We Report, You Decide.

....Marianne Silber