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Obama: 'Thank Goodness Somebody is Finally Getting Tough on Big Bird'

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Curt10/06/2012 3:08:09 am PDT

re: #3 Tigger2005

$280 million? Why, that would pay for about two days of war with Iran, or a few high tech jets that don’t work.

But at least the jets are part of the fully defined requirement of the Federal government’s spending.

The calls to end “waste, fraud and abuse” are numerous, and little by little, saving can be accomplished by looking at how we have spent and fairly reevaluating each dollar spent against required law and prioritized under the current fiscal stresses.

Like Bob Dillion points out, even the Presidential Commission listed this as a cutting item.

Speaking of that: If the Presidential commission recommendations are to be regularly ignored, then let’s not spend for those to be seated and resourced…even if members take no money for the work, there is still lots of money spent to make it happen and publish the reports. - therefore, another cost savings. Actually, that is one of the jobs of Congress, as mandated in the Constitution, so we taxpayers were required to pay for someone to do the job of the elected representatives we are required to pay by law, so got taken…again…by the political process that just debates, debates, and debates more….without result.