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R. Daneel Olivaw

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12. "taking the day off today."

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 12:41 PM

Mar 2013

Isn't that fucking lovely?!

How many of us, or anybody for that matter, gets to walk away from a problem when others are relying on it to be fixed??

How many will be guaranteed a paycheck and not a pink slip for that kind on non-action???!!!

Congress, do your fucking job.

The first cuts should be to their salaries.

A-Fucking-Men to that!

Austerity for us, caviar for them!

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What are the chances of stopping the sequester, if any? [View all] Botany Mar 2013 OP

None before it kicks in. Bolo Boffin Mar 2013 #1

Congress views the "true" deadline as the expiration of the current continuing resolution OmahaBlueDog Mar 2013 #4

At this point pretty much zip. However the President could declare a state of "Economic Emergency. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #2

Chances are zero that it will be stopped, but what if it is? MadHound Mar 2013 #3

First I heard that sequester will add to the deficit. Guess I need to read up that. nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #5

Only if we cut Social Security to increase military spending. MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #6

Sorry...Hobson's choice My appologies for pointing it out Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #10

Thank you! MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #11

Yup, that was the plan all along. nt woo me with science Mar 2013 #13

The cuts can be reconciled with Norquistian ideology so the r's are willing to accept them. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #7

no chance, I think. Tea party rules bigtree Mar 2013 #8

Today? sendero Mar 2013 #9

"taking the day off today." R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2013 #12

When I was 19 or 20 and I just took a day off work and then I was fired. Botany Mar 2013 #14