Will the Government shut down on the 27th of March?

[Valmy]

Yep. The private market is broken.

Which means it is really really going to suck when it falls apart.

[CountDeMoney]

Yep. The private market is broken.

Which means it is really really going to suck when it falls apart.

Stop hating Freedomness and Libertytude.

[KRonn]

Lol, sequester, agencies having to trim everything they do rather than cut out where it makes most sense for them. Great idea, not.

Also, I think it's more of a cut in growth of spending, not an actual cut in the current budget. That's like you getting a 3% raise instead of a 5%. At least as I understand what's going on, which is difficult to figure out given all the hoopla around it.

Besides, it's 2% of the budget. 85 billion is practically a rounding error in a 3.6 trillion dollar budget! If they can't cut 2% of that size budget without using the lameness of the sequester setup, while also running a 1.4 trillion dollar yearly deficit, they might as well shut lights off and go home as it can only get worse given the incompetence.

[derspiess]

I do enjoy seeing Democrats act as if this is as lean as the federal government could possibly ever be.  Oh, and the White House threatening Bob Woodward is also pretty hilarious.

[MadImmortalMan]

There have been hiring freezes in place for a while now in the agencies I deal with. Training programs stopped accepting applicants a while back. I guess they're expecting a dip in activity with some furloughs and layoffs followed by a return to normal a bit later. I wonder how much of it will not go back to the old normal though.

[CountDeMoney]

Oh, and the White House threatening Bob Woodward is also pretty hilarious.

The man's been threatened since 1972.  He's used to it.

[derspiess]

Oh, and the White House threatening Bob Woodward is also pretty hilarious.

The man's been threatened since 1972.  He's used to it.

Hey btw it sounds like your guy Biden has some additional home defense shotgun tips to share with us:

http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/guns/2013/02/gun-control-joe-biden-interview

I said, "Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door."

[Ed Anger]

WTF, Joe. God, I love that crazy coot.

[CountDeMoney]

I said, "Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door."

Complete and total awesomeness.

[garbon]

I said, "Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door."

Complete and total awesomeness.

[fhdz]

"Who's there?"

"Candygram."

[Ed Anger]

"Who's there?"

"Candygram."

[CountDeMoney]

Can't wait until Shotgun Joe bags himself his first land shark.

[derspiess]

He might get some birds if he follows his other advice and fires into the air from his balcony.

[MadImmortalMan]

Wow, the sequester will be worse than I thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8-d95SO_3g