Next years spending increases. I really, really, REALLY wish the media didn't go long with the spin that is included with baseline budgeting. Here is, as of my quick glance before posting, a description of the atrocity known as baseline budgeting.
In short, next years budget will be bigger than this years budget. In 2011, we spent about 3.8 Trillion (3,800,000,000,000) (We'll ignore the fact we went most of 2011 without a budget) and had a deficit for the year of about 1.6 trillion (1,600,000,000,000). The 2 trillion (2,000,000,000,000) of "cuts" are against the baseline over the next 10 years. So, they are "Planning" to not spend another 20 billion (20,000,000,000) over the next 10 years. The 20 billion of this years budget is a huge, gauging, painfull %0.005.
Also, the cuts cannot be guaranteed because, we still don't have the budget for 2012 completed, that isn't even going to be done till after the election with this deal. Also, no congress can pass a law that the next congress can't change, which makes promises for 5 years from now next to meaningless.
In short, nothing didn't survive the budget deal. The rate of growth of the government from this year, compared to next year was reduced.
Next years spending increases. I really, really, REALLY wish the media didn't go long with the spin that is included with baseline budgeting. Here is, as of my quick glance before posting, a description of the atrocity known as baseline budgeting.
In short, next years budget will be bigger than this years budget. In 2011, we spent about 3.8 Trillion (3,800,000,000,000) (We'll ignore the fact we went most of 2011 without a budget) and had a deficit for the year of about 1.6 trillion (1,600,000,000,000). The 2 trillion (2,000,000,000,000) of "cuts" are against the baseline over the next 10 years. So, they are "Planning" to not spend another 20 billion (20,000,000,000) over the next 10 years. The 20 billion of this years budget is a huge, gauging, painfull %0.005.
Also, the cuts cannot be guaranteed because, we still don't have the budget for 2012 completed, that isn't even going to be done till after the election with this deal. Also, no congress can pass a law that the next congress can't change, which makes promises for 5 years from now next to meaningless.
In short, nothing didn't survive the budget deal. The rate of growth of the government from this year, compared to next year was reduced.
Did you miss the part where this year's expenditures run at about $3,700,000,000,000. Which works out to about $10,000,000,000 per day right now?
This year, SS and Medicare are 1,700,000,000,000 dollars, which is a third of the budget. This number only grows as our demographics shift to become older in the coming years.
The military has a lot of cutting to be done, but it really only consumes about 600,000,000,000 dollars of the budget. Really, the total cost of the two wars is only about 1,200,000,000,000 dollars at current tally and it looks like we're just starting more and not getting out of the ones we are in.
Are you noticing the entire cost of invading two countries was less than the cost of two of our social programs? Even better 55,000,000,000 dollars of the Defense budget is actually VA/Healthcare benefits.
We have lots of cuts to make, lots of little things the government does that needs to be cut. The Tax system needs to be fixed AND we need to fix our budgets. The two big spending programs SS and Medicare are projected to be something like 2xGPD in the best senario.
Uhm, probably because he is...... The point is it's an unsustainable sum of money we've been running on annually for the past 10 years.
We can finance the short falls now, but eventually we won't be able to sell out debt anymore or the dollar will just be totally worthless because we turned the printing presses to full.
Fixing taxes alone isn't the solution, things need to be cut and they need to be cut now, not 10 years from now. It's not even advocating for the abolishment of SS and Medicare its making cuts and adjustments now so they aren't gone in 10 years.
I've been linking this quite a bit, but I'm pretty sure you just don't have a grasp how much spending we're doing and how fixing taxes alone cannot possibly be the answer.
I said federal income tax, since we're talking about federal issues.
The lower half has an absurdly high tax rate when you include FICA, State and Municipal taxes. FICA/SS/Medi* also need to be fixed, and as a percentege of income, effect the lower 75% more than than upper.
The fight is just becoming, "FUCK THE RICH", rather than the Tax system is broken, the spending system is broken and they need to be fixed for everyone.
And the lower 25% pay hardly any overall taxes and the lower 50% pay 0 or negative federal income taxes.
The lower 15% are paid not to work, and the middle make enough in wages or handouts to survive having to pay for the generational debt passed to them.
The system is broken on both ends and is pressing on the middle. It needs to be fixed. I don't think you realize how much money is being taken in a year.
Uhm, actually it means you or your employer can stop working, "At will" for any reason not related to Race, Color, religion, national origin, age, sex, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or based on the results of Genetic information.
Alright, southern states can't get out of the debt the US incurred by fight the civil war....got it.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
The congress has made a rule that it can't create spending beyond a limit. That's fine, I don't see what the issue is. It doesn't matter if we hit the congressional debt ceiling because this forces the executive branch to pay interest on the debt because the debit itself cannot be questioned and it's the executives job to cut the checks. But per congressional rule, new spending can't happen. It wouldn't mainly mean a total government shutdown doing nothing but paying the debt with current revenue, since congress hasn't passed a budget and can't, per their rules, authorize more spending.
You might be aware of this, but we've been running without a budget for almost 2 years. Continuing resolutions have just been passed, with new spending tacked on. The debt has been entirely a congressional issue with spending going into over driver for the past 12.
First and formost....stop spending. Keep paying the debt until it's back to something reasonable. It's on congress to balance the budget and reduce spending, all the president can do is propose and veto or sign on spending.
Being a MediaCom customer I've played with this a few times in the past, complained when the opt out didn't work, and complained about it to people locally. Working for a company that make DPI appliances it was kinda fun to see it in action, but kinda scary to see it on the public internet. CenturyTel also does this exact same thing.
It scans all HTTP traffic looking for 404 errors. So if I go to http://boingboing.net/4in0in4 It will intercept the servers 404 page and redirect to to a mediacom portal site with my 404 URL as the search term and ads all over.
What are you talking about. In 2010 when the budget was supposed to be passed the democrats didn't even submit a budget in to be filibustered. They also had enough majority it would have taken 6 republican vote to overcome a filibuster. Both parties at the time were in favor of keeping the status quo to fight it later....after fall elections.
The filibuster is always bitched about but the party in power never wants to remove the filibuster because in the future when they are the minority they want to use it. Remember a few years ago when the democrats filibusters judicial nominees during Bush, or republicans filibustering gun bans under Clinton. Every time the majority bitches and moans but never changes the rule because they know the pendulum will someday swing the other way and they will want to use the filibuster.
If the media would be less complacent over what a cut is in government baseline budgeting verses absolute dollars I think the narrative would be a lot different for the country. Because even if the republicans came forth with a budget of "No new spending, We will spend the exact same amount this year as we did last year." They would be railed against for cutting 400 billion from the budget because programs have automatic spending increases build into them and the cut that is talked about on TV is not absolute dollars but a reduction in the baseline of the next budget.
It is a systemic/US issue not a democrat or republican issue. Both are unable restrain themselve when it comes to spending.
As for the 2011 budget not being passed...when it was due is September, the democrats had control of the government when it comes to passing laws. Senate, Congress and Whitehouse.........
wow, you need to find different pendants to listen too from time to time.
You might want to fact check a little. the 2010 budget passed. I"m not sure why you think otherwise.
Because it hasn't been passed......we haven't had a budget since the September 2010. Starting September of 2010, congress has just been passing continuing resolutions agreeing to operate the government at current levels + new legislation. If a budget had already passed we wouldn't have the "Impending Shutdown because of the evil XXX" problem. We'd be fighting over the next budget.
Generally I shy away from Wikipedia, but the information and sources here are mostly accurate.
Really? Put your CLF in an enclosed figure and watch your 10 years go 1 year. Put a CFL in a garage or trying to externally light a structure when it's 0 degrees out or 100 degrees out and watch your CFL fail and break (mainly because of the power regulation components)
Put a CFL in a location there has frequent power up and power down cycles. Incandescents also have the same issues with that put the total cost of the unit+operation costs is a wash at best.
CFLs have their place, Incandescent and LED lights have their place. But there are lots of applications where CFLs have caused way more harm than good, unless you count the feel good by makingn people by CFLs
It's called, "Collecting Sales Tax". You are required to Collect a certain amount of a transactions or goods or services and pass it on to the state. It isn't the company paying their fair share, it's the company collecting on behalve of the government and then passing it on the government.
Look at a receipt next time. You'll see the amount you paid then, the amount the state required be charged and collected for the transaction....
It's called, "Collecting Sales Tax". You are required to Collect a certain amount of a transactions or goods or services and pass it on to the state. It isn't the company paying their fair share, it's the company collecting on behalve of the government and then passing it on the government.
Look at a receipt next time. You'll see the amount you paid then, the amount the state required be charged and collected for the transaction....
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Next years spending increases. I really, really, REALLY wish the media didn't go long with the spin that is included with baseline budgeting. Here is, as of my quick glance before posting, a description of the atrocity known as baseline budgeting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseline_(budgeting) [wikipedia.org]
In short, next years budget will be bigger than this years budget. In 2011, we spent about 3.8 Trillion (3,800,000,000,000) (We'll ignore the fact we went most of 2011 without a budget) and had a deficit for the year of about 1.6 trillion (1,600,000,000,000). The 2 trillion (2,000,000,000,000) of "cuts" are against the baseline over the next 10 years. So, they are "Planning" to not spend another 20 billion (20,000,000,000) over the next 10 years. The 20 billion of this years budget is a huge, gauging, painfull %0.005.
Also, the cuts cannot be guaranteed because, we still don't have the budget for 2012 completed, that isn't even going to be done till after the election with this deal. Also, no congress can pass a law that the next congress can't change, which makes promises for 5 years from now next to meaningless.
In short, nothing didn't survive the budget deal. The rate of growth of the government from this year, compared to next year was reduced.
Next years spending increases. I really, really, REALLY wish the media didn't go long with the spin that is included with baseline budgeting. Here is, as of my quick glance before posting, a description of the atrocity known as baseline budgeting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseline_(budgeting)
In short, next years budget will be bigger than this years budget. In 2011, we spent about 3.8 Trillion (3,800,000,000,000) (We'll ignore the fact we went most of 2011 without a budget) and had a deficit for the year of about 1.6 trillion (1,600,000,000,000). The 2 trillion (2,000,000,000,000) of "cuts" are against the baseline over the next 10 years. So, they are "Planning" to not spend another 20 billion (20,000,000,000) over the next 10 years. The 20 billion of this years budget is a huge, gauging, painfull %0.005.
Also, the cuts cannot be guaranteed because, we still don't have the budget for 2012 completed, that isn't even going to be done till after the election with this deal. Also, no congress can pass a law that the next congress can't change, which makes promises for 5 years from now next to meaningless.
In short, nothing didn't survive the budget deal. The rate of growth of the government from this year, compared to next year was reduced.
XP does support IPv6 network. The only issue is DNS lookups are IPv4.
XP isn't dead because of the change over.
Did you miss the part where this year's expenditures run at about $3,700,000,000,000. Which works out to about $10,000,000,000 per day right now?
This year, SS and Medicare are 1,700,000,000,000 dollars, which is a third of the budget. This number only grows as our demographics shift to become older in the coming years.
The military has a lot of cutting to be done, but it really only consumes about 600,000,000,000 dollars of the budget. Really, the total cost of the two wars is only about 1,200,000,000,000 dollars at current tally and it looks like we're just starting more and not getting out of the ones we are in.
Are you noticing the entire cost of invading two countries was less than the cost of two of our social programs? Even better 55,000,000,000 dollars of the Defense budget is actually VA/Healthcare benefits.
We have lots of cuts to make, lots of little things the government does that needs to be cut. The Tax system needs to be fixed AND we need to fix our budgets. The two big spending programs SS and Medicare are projected to be something like 2xGPD in the best senario.
Uhm, probably because he is...... The point is it's an unsustainable sum of money we've been running on annually for the past 10 years.
We can finance the short falls now, but eventually we won't be able to sell out debt anymore or the dollar will just be totally worthless because we turned the printing presses to full.
Fixing taxes alone isn't the solution, things need to be cut and they need to be cut now, not 10 years from now. It's not even advocating for the abolishment of SS and Medicare its making cuts and adjustments now so they aren't gone in 10 years.
There *IS* more than enough money to pay these things.
Today, however taxes need to be fixed and deep cuts need to be made for say...10 years from now.
I've been linking this quite a bit, but I'm pretty sure you just don't have a grasp how much spending we're doing and how fixing taxes alone cannot possibly be the answer.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/feed-your-family-on-10-billion-a-day.html
I said federal income tax, since we're talking about federal issues.
The lower half has an absurdly high tax rate when you include FICA, State and Municipal taxes. FICA/SS/Medi* also need to be fixed, and as a percentege of income, effect the lower 75% more than than upper.
The fight is just becoming, "FUCK THE RICH", rather than the Tax system is broken, the spending system is broken and they need to be fixed for everyone.
And the lower 25% pay hardly any overall taxes and the lower 50% pay 0 or negative federal income taxes.
The lower 15% are paid not to work, and the middle make enough in wages or handouts to survive having to pay for the generational debt passed to them.
The system is broken on both ends and is pressing on the middle. It needs to be fixed. I don't think you realize how much money is being taken in a year.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/feed-your-family-on-10-billion-a-day.html kind of puts it into perspective.
You obviously don't car about the children.
Apparently you simply don't understand how broke we are and how expensive it is to run the current budget of the government.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/feed-your-family-on-10-billion-a-day.html
There is also a video of the text somewhere, but it puts into perspective how big and expensive the current government is.
Changing the tax code and slashing government is the way to fix it. But congress will never let that happen
Don't ever read your states implied consent laws for a Blood Alcohol test when driving.
Uhm, actually it means you or your employer can stop working, "At will" for any reason not related to Race, Color, religion, national origin, age, sex, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or based on the results of Genetic information.
Alright, southern states can't get out of the debt the US incurred by fight the civil war....got it.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
The congress has made a rule that it can't create spending beyond a limit. That's fine, I don't see what the issue is. It doesn't matter if we hit the congressional debt ceiling because this forces the executive branch to pay interest on the debt because the debit itself cannot be questioned and it's the executives job to cut the checks. But per congressional rule, new spending can't happen. It wouldn't mainly mean a total government shutdown doing nothing but paying the debt with current revenue, since congress hasn't passed a budget and can't, per their rules, authorize more spending.
You might be aware of this, but we've been running without a budget for almost 2 years. Continuing resolutions have just been passed, with new spending tacked on. The debt has been entirely a congressional issue with spending going into over driver for the past 12.
First and formost....stop spending. Keep paying the debt until it's back to something reasonable. It's on congress to balance the budget and reduce spending, all the president can do is propose and veto or sign on spending.
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The real question here is, will they be taking the state subsidy off of 87 Octane fuel.......
That isn't the problem.
Being a MediaCom customer I've played with this a few times in the past, complained when the opt out didn't work, and complained about it to people locally. Working for a company that make DPI appliances it was kinda fun to see it in action, but kinda scary to see it on the public internet. CenturyTel also does this exact same thing.
It scans all HTTP traffic looking for 404 errors. So if I go to http://boingboing.net/4in0in4 It will intercept the servers 404 page and redirect to to a mediacom portal site with my 404 URL as the search term and ads all over.
Which part? IIRC they can control interstate commerce and if they enact tariffs, it must be equally applied to all states.
What are you talking about. In 2010 when the budget was supposed to be passed the democrats didn't even submit a budget in to be filibustered. They also had enough majority it would have taken 6 republican vote to overcome a filibuster. Both parties at the time were in favor of keeping the status quo to fight it later....after fall elections.
The filibuster is always bitched about but the party in power never wants to remove the filibuster because in the future when they are the minority they want to use it. Remember a few years ago when the democrats filibusters judicial nominees during Bush, or republicans filibustering gun bans under Clinton. Every time the majority bitches and moans but never changes the rule because they know the pendulum will someday swing the other way and they will want to use the filibuster.
If the media would be less complacent over what a cut is in government baseline budgeting verses absolute dollars I think the narrative would be a lot different for the country. Because even if the republicans came forth with a budget of "No new spending, We will spend the exact same amount this year as we did last year." They would be railed against for cutting 400 billion from the budget because programs have automatic spending increases build into them and the cut that is talked about on TV is not absolute dollars but a reduction in the baseline of the next budget.
It is a systemic/US issue not a democrat or republican issue. Both are unable restrain themselve when it comes to spending.
As for the 2011 budget not being passed...when it was due is September, the democrats had control of the government when it comes to passing laws. Senate, Congress and Whitehouse.........
wow, you need to find different pendants to listen too from time to time.
You might want to fact check a little.
the 2010 budget passed. I"m not sure why you think otherwise.
Because it hasn't been passed......we haven't had a budget since the September 2010. Starting September of 2010, congress has just been passing continuing resolutions agreeing to operate the government at current levels + new legislation. If a budget had already passed we wouldn't have the "Impending Shutdown because of the evil XXX" problem. We'd be fighting over the next budget.
Generally I shy away from Wikipedia, but the information and sources here are mostly accurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_States_federal_budget
You'll enjoy this.
http://docjones.nodalpoint.net/att_breakup.jpg
Really? Put your CLF in an enclosed figure and watch your 10 years go 1 year. Put a CFL in a garage or trying to externally light a structure when it's 0 degrees out or 100 degrees out and watch your CFL fail and break (mainly because of the power regulation components)
Put a CFL in a location there has frequent power up and power down cycles. Incandescents also have the same issues with that put the total cost of the unit+operation costs is a wash at best.
CFLs have their place, Incandescent and LED lights have their place. But there are lots of applications where CFLs have caused way more harm than good, unless you count the feel good by makingn people by CFLs
It's called, "Collecting Sales Tax". You are required to Collect a certain amount of a transactions or goods or services and pass it on to the state. It isn't the company paying their fair share, it's the company collecting on behalve of the government and then passing it on the government.
Look at a receipt next time. You'll see the amount you paid then, the amount the state required be charged and collected for the transaction....
It's called, "Collecting Sales Tax". You are required to Collect a certain amount of a transactions or goods or services and pass it on to the state. It isn't the company paying their fair share, it's the company collecting on behalve of the government and then passing it on the government.
Look at a receipt next time. You'll see the amount you paid then, the amount the state required be charged and collected for the transaction....