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MrHodja
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One Man's Observation
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2/25/2013 1:22:08 PM
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Had an email exchange this morning with a DC-based former colleague in the defense industry. In that exchange I asked him what effect they are feeling in the DC area from the sequestration threat. Its a bit long, but here is his response:
"The sequestration, when it happens, will only have a minor effect here: IF you consider minor the 20% pay cut to our Government customers, IF you consider minor the many defense companies being put on the brink of bankruptcy, IF you consider minor the 25-30% furloughs for the Defense Industry across the country, and lastly IF you consider minor that Congress is fiscally-supportive of major tax increases simultaneous with massive defense cuts that threaten our ability to control the seas. No grief here – fear describes it much better. I have 6-8 great years left in me, haven’t had one unpaid day off in 43 years and expect to be furloughed next month. I could almost afford to retire before the taxes went up. I guess now I’ll become part of that 43% of irrelevance in this country.
Sorry for the downer message – life will go on, just not as we know it now – accept less while paying more for it.
F’n Congress will just continue to kick the can down the road, sell this as a necessary recovery adjustment from the debt crisis – meanwhile their golden years are protected with generous lifetime annuities after serving one term in office. I guess I’m just a dying breed that needs to be swept under the carpet – I didn’t vote for the uncontrolled immigration, gay legislation, government corruption, females in combat (I go to Bethesda twice a month and mourn the hundreds of 19-year old men cycling through there with missing arms and legs with massive head trauma – call me old fashioned, but I’d prefer our daughters be spared from this.), the three generations of Hispanics living in and renting the house next door to me in what was a perfect up-scale neighborhood, a country where the loudest or weirdest minority gets total amnesty for their abhorrent behavior, uncontrolled texting while driving and women drivers!!!! I really am against only the truly bad drivers – there are plenty of men who drive poorly. Lastly, what really ticks me off is I can’t even say a perfectly good F word when it’s justified or the LAN police (mostly of whom are high all day long) will block my email. Is this a great country or what?"
Can my friend be Ben Carson's running mate?
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