What Happens When Spoiled Brats Hold the Wallet

[gun sane]

This story reminds me of the fairy tale, Cinderella. The nasty stepmother always gave her spoiled daughters the perks, leaving Cinderella with very little and all the hard work. Now why do you think that the House of Reps won't stop this piss-it-away spending spree?

 

http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/feds-torpedo-july-4th-over-sequestration/

Edited May 31, 2013 by gun sane

[173rdABN]

Wow....... Guess the 4th means nothing. At least to a foreign leader running our country.

[Jonnin]

some of the foreign stuff is difficult.  

 

Company Y is hired to do the work before the budget crisis.    Country has signed agreement with foreign government saying we will do it.  Everything is arranged and bam, we are supposed to cut it due to budget issue which

 

-- hurts company Y

-- possibly costs company Y's folks (usa people here... ) their jobs

-- damages relations with the country

-- may prevent future contracted work in that country, or at least make our bids less competitive in the future

-- wastes all the money already spent on the project (review process to select company Y, tons of paperwork, more)

-- could get the govt in a lawsuit (Y sues govt over breach of contract)

-- and so on  (and many of the same issues are present for already agreed upon contracts for domestic research and projects).

 

Some things are "already in the pipeline" and cannot be stopped without doing more harm than good.   What needs to happen is NO NEW COMMITMENTS SIGNED rather than breach of contracts and destruction of work/jobs/etc already expected and contracted for.

Edited May 31, 2013 by Jonnin