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darkangel218

(13,985 posts) Tue Jun 4, 2013, 05:28 PM Jun 2013

POLL: Should gov agencies revise/cut back on their operational spendings? [View all]

8 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, they should. They are overspending.
	7 (88%)
	No, they are doing just fine.
	1 (13%)
	We need a bipartisan/non agenda committee analysing the unwarranted spendings.
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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POLL: Should gov agencies revise/cut back on their operational spendings? [View all] darkangel218 Jun 2013 OP

where's "the republicans should f off & we should finance government well enough to work option"? unblock Jun 2013 #1

So we dont finance the gov enough? The staff doesnt have darkangel218 Jun 2013 #2

just for example, the irs is woefully understaffed to effectively audit nearly enough rich people unblock Jun 2013 #17

You have a point there. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #18

you're talking cross purposes. unblock Jun 2013 #20

Why audit the rich people? Savannahmann Jun 2013 #24

I think operational spendings should be revised before cutting programs justiceischeap Jun 2013 #3

I agree. Or at least realize they are public servants and not expect darkangel218 Jun 2013 #4

Cut operational spending and programs will cost more due to JDPriestly Jun 2013 #28

Reads like Tea Party propaganda. Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #5

Then you should put your reading glasses on, cuz it has nothing to do with the RW, darkangel218 Jun 2013 #6

Not a big issue for me. It is for the teabaggers though. Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #8

So its not a big issue for you when people are starving, darkangel218 Jun 2013 #10

This has been going on for centuries in various ways. Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #12

Corruption has been around as long as the humanity. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #15

Corruption meaning felonies being perpetrated? Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #19

Amen Brother HangOnKids Jun 2013 #22

That is why most people disagree with you darkangel218 Jun 2013 #23

Please HangOnKids Jun 2013 #26

Same old from from you! darkangel218 Jun 2013 #29

You said you were going to ignore me HangOnKids Jun 2013 #30

And you said you will stop your continuous flame baiting darkangel218 Jun 2013 #31

Surprise I don't flame bait so I think you are confused HangOnKids Jun 2013 #32

Lmao!! nah, i have better things to do than complain about your flame baiting darkangel218 Jun 2013 #35

Yeah right! HangOnKids Jun 2013 #36

Sad much? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #42

Hell No! HangOnKids Jun 2013 #43

You dont sound too happy though.. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #44

Are you a shrink now? HangOnKids Jun 2013 #46

Why don't you just put her on ignore? hrmjustin Jun 2013 #48

Not a shrink, just taking after you : ) darkangel218 Jun 2013 #55

Don't respond to her because you will only get grief! hrmjustin Jun 2013 #47

YES. Anything that Darrell Issa doesn't like, we have to LOVE. It's in the rules. (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #21

Some should. Others should be spending more, in some cases, much more. Scuba Jun 2013 #7

You mean like...a sequester? pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #9

NO. like cutting down royal treatments and corruption. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #11

How is a sequester useful if the heads of an agency are wasting millions darkangel218 Jun 2013 #14

Depends which agency. The DEA spending 65 Billion to arrest cancer grannies for smoking pot? Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #13

proportionally speaking, how big of a problem is this really? 0rganism Jun 2013 #16

Do Not Confuse The OP HangOnKids Jun 2013 #33

So you sugest we should just ignore the problem then? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #38

No, that's not what i suggest at all 0rganism Jun 2013 #52

Agreed. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #53

I think billionaires and corporations should pay their fair share of taxes. (n/t) Iggo Jun 2013 #25

I think you may have accidentally posted in the wrong thread. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #40

Think again. (n/t) Iggo Jun 2013 #50

Two wrongs dont make a right, Iggo. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #54

Exactly. Iggo Jun 2013 #58

Heh.. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #59

We need a dramatic increase in public spending... Deep13 Jun 2013 #27

I think they should invest in making processes more efficient rucky Jun 2013 #34

In a recession, they should spend more, not less. Laelth Jun 2013 #37

Spend more on what, conferences and presudential suites? darkangel218 Jun 2013 #39

Doesn't matter to me, as long as they spend money in the US. Laelth Jun 2013 #49

Yes, you most definitely missed the point. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #51

Hmm ... Laelth Jun 2013 #56

Not everyone thinks a better management of funds is in order. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #57

We have gone without any pay increases for 5 years Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #41

+1000 darkangel218 Jun 2013 #45