tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post6442896998741392420..comments2024-03-27T20:39:24.337-04:00Comments on Social Security News: What Happens With Sequestration?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-78308191926403783872013-02-23T18:09:48.910-05:002013-02-23T18:09:48.910-05:00SSA continues to spend on travel, fluff, furniture...SSA continues to spend on travel, fluff, furniture & items not needed, overtime, reemployed double dipping annuitants...never ends..."mandatory" training on diversity, harassment, fluff items eat up production time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-18352783647775024672013-02-22T18:19:17.446-05:002013-02-22T18:19:17.446-05:00At a CLE today, a regional chief ALJ stated Astrue...At a CLE today, a regional chief ALJ stated Astrue had been anticipating the sequester happening, and hehad reduced overall spending this fiscal year and saved up a signficant amount of his budget so he could tap into it if sequester happened. If sequester did not happen, he said Colvin would have extra money to send on hiring, overtime, and IT infrastructure. So it sounds as if the sequester will not hurt SSA as bad as other agencies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-25572309187288540042013-02-22T12:01:57.304-05:002013-02-22T12:01:57.304-05:00Clearly taking credit for the sequester, here'...Clearly taking credit for the sequester, here's a PowerPoint presentation that Boehner developed with the Republican Policy Committee and sent out to Capitol Hill GOP on July 31, 2011. Intended to explain the outline of the proposed debt deal, the presentation is titled: “Two Step Approach to Hold President Obama Accountable.” <br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/20/the-powerpoint-that-proves-it-s-not-obama-s-sequester-after-all.html<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-8724111035176992272013-02-22T09:20:15.061-05:002013-02-22T09:20:15.061-05:00Non-Event. Can kicked self created crisis averted...Non-Event. Can kicked self created crisis averted,and the spin doctors go to work. Yawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-46287143825028428702013-02-21T15:04:21.745-05:002013-02-21T15:04:21.745-05:00Worse than sequestration is the loss of worker pro...Worse than sequestration is the loss of worker productivity talking about, and the expense and time wasted by managers having to prepare for it.<br /><br />What a total waste of government resources and taxpayer funds. I suspect alot less real work is getting done at SSA lately because of this political circus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-73541076015651561002013-02-21T13:16:30.427-05:002013-02-21T13:16:30.427-05:00President Obama on the sequester cuts
November 21,...President Obama on the sequester cuts<br />November 21, 2011<br /><br />Already, some in Congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. My message to them is simple: No. I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.<br /><br />http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2521931Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-71769637955391363692013-02-21T13:10:58.316-05:002013-02-21T13:10:58.316-05:00"I've been on google all morning trying t..."I've been on google all morning trying to find a country that cut their way to prosperity."<br /><br />Try finding a country (government) that spent their way to prosperity.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-54165353662200634572013-02-21T12:29:19.264-05:002013-02-21T12:29:19.264-05:00I've been on google all morning trying to find...I've been on google all morning trying to find a country that cut their way to prosperity. I'm coming up blank. I'm guessing that's because no country has ever cut their way to economic prosperity. On the flip side, numerous countries have spent their way to prosperity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-39039679219021586782013-02-21T12:17:54.617-05:002013-02-21T12:17:54.617-05:00You cannot cut yourself to prosperity, and everyon...You cannot cut yourself to prosperity, and everyone agrees sequestration will hurt the economy. Boehner stated he got 98% of everything he wanted in the negotiations last year and he was taking credit for the sequestration idea. As it draws close he is trying to blame it on others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-40283903173955255702013-02-21T11:30:35.277-05:002013-02-21T11:30:35.277-05:00lot's of smoke, no fire. Much like the so-cal...lot's of smoke, no fire. Much like the so-called "fiscal cliff", this is just a political game of chicken. Like before, they'll just punt the ball without making any real decision.<br /><br />In reality, spending needs to decrease and taxes need to increase. Each party is holding steadfast to the idea that one of those can't happen. Who loses...citizens. Who wins...pundits that get to spend time talking about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-30711109021179622292013-02-21T11:19:14.886-05:002013-02-21T11:19:14.886-05:00There are NO real cuts, they are talking about red...There are NO real cuts, they are talking about reductions in the amount of increases. Plus the idea for the sequestration came from Obama's people, now he is running around saying terrible it is going to be if the Republicans don't act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-67435001946047833642013-02-21T10:30:55.413-05:002013-02-21T10:30:55.413-05:00The "Come to Jesus" moment begins when c...The "Come to Jesus" moment begins when congress and the president understand you cannot spend yourself to prosperity and act accordingly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-19643203115797247342013-02-21T10:14:03.789-05:002013-02-21T10:14:03.789-05:00According to the articles I have read, I thought S...According to the articles I have read, I thought Social Security was supposed to be spared from sequestration cuts. Am I mistaken?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com