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Anti Federalist
02-21-2013, 09:40 PM
"Washington Monument Syndrome" - that's good, hadn't ever heard that before.


Obama's Washington Monument Syndrome

Posted by Thomas DiLorenzo on February 21, 2013 08:25 AM

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/132682.html

Faced with the threat of federal government spending increasing by "only" 7 percent instead of some higher, pie-in-the-sky amount, the Obammunists are busy crying "BUDGET CUTS!!!!!" knowing full well that no one in Washington has proposed "cutting" a red cent from the federal budget. The Republicans play the same lying game, lying incessantly about non-existent "defense cuts." (In Washingtonese, if one proposes a $100 billion spending increase, and actual spending increases by "only" $90 billion, they call it a $10 billion budget cut).

Then there's the Washington Monument Syndrome game that has been mastered primarily by state and local governments. The game is this: Whenever a politician is "threatened" with a minor slowdown in spending, the first thing to do is to eliminate police, firefighters, ambulance services, school buses, etc. -- everything that inflicts the maximum discomfort on the victims of the government monopoly (a.k.a., taxpayers). The booboisie then wake up from their American Idol stupor for a moment to raise a fuss, and the proposals to slow down spending growth disappear. (It's called the "Washington Monument Syndrome" because the head of the National Park Service shut down the Washington Monument in the '60s in response to Congress's temporary refusal to fund his complete spending wish list. Tourists from every state complained to their congressmen, and the Park Service wish list was fully funded).

But it may not work for the Obammunists, for their biggest threat so far is to furlough "civilian defense employees." Unlike ambulance or school bus drivers, these bureaucrats provide no useful service to anyone. They will be the only ones complaining. The booboisie will continue on in full American Idol mode. Most of them are merely former murderers for the state (a.k.a., "veterans") who do nothing at all for the benefit of the average American voter. The Obammunists will have to do something more drastic, like furlough all the air traffic controllers or cancel mail delivery for a month or so if they want to get their way.

heavenlyboy34
02-21-2013, 09:43 PM
Most of them are merely former murderers for the state (a.k.a., "veterans") who do nothing at all for the benefit of the average American voter. Though true, that is going to ruffle some feathers...probably even in this neck of the webbernets.

HOLLYWOOD
02-21-2013, 10:14 PM
Cover that Communist Propaganda!

yeah I know it's the obelisk of Buenos Aires, but I think everyone is realizing where Washington DC is sticking it to Americans

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Condom_on_Obelisk%2C_Buenos_Aires.jpg/443px-Condom_on_Obelisk%2C_Buenos_Aires.jpg

TheTexan
02-21-2013, 10:35 PM
I read an article in CNN this morning that this budget dilemma that washington finds itself in, is because "Republicans want to cut spending, and Democrats want to raise spending." In the very next sentence, it said "both parties agree that these large spending cuts would hurt the economy."

/facepalm

Oh CNN, why do I still read you

TheTexan
02-21-2013, 10:38 PM
Budget cuts would hurt the militarized APC / bearcat industry, we wouldn't want that !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pS9aw5pcJo&feature=player_embedded

Money well spent. Those windows are DORNER proof. Stops a 50 cal, easy.

Because, you know, people shoot normal cop cars with 50 cals all the time.

mad cow
02-21-2013, 10:49 PM
But it may not work for the Obammunists, for their biggest threat so far is to furlough "civilian defense employees." Unlike ambulance or school bus drivers, these bureaucrats provide no useful service to anyone.

They provide no useful service to civilian taxpayers.
They provide an immense service to neo-cons on 'the other side of the debate'.

Normal suffering taxpayers are being left totally out of the debate between Obama and his forces and McCain,Lindsey Graham and such as to where and how to best to spend the money they seize from their cash-cows.

HOLLYWOOD
02-21-2013, 10:57 PM
80-85% of DHS' budget is DISCRETIONARY

Start Right There!