RidgeRunner
God
After a show on or about March 22, the Thunderbirds will be grounded due to lack of funding. Military budget cuts will ground the T-birds indefinitely. Glad to be priviledged enough to see them perform a couple times a year for the past 10 years or so.
Real good start to cutting the fat. Think about it.
9 planes dozens of pilots and ground crew and they were doing all the shows for free? Honoring our veterans and fueling the dreams of the young men and women who might one day aspire to become a jet jockey. OR we could simple stop using government airlines to fly our government employees and Congress all over the planet unnecessarily. Including Obama and his vacations. But they won't give up those perks is my guess.. Don't try and find cost savings anywhere in the procurement department, we know there is no waste there, RIGHT??
I fully suspect the Land and Sea Shows to be cancelled too.. They have them in more than one place, like West Palm, NYC and San Diego. Maybe even cancel some training exercises since that cost money for them to PRETEND to be prepared for battle..
Just a blurb that should inflame the conscience of the taxpaying masses.
I suggest to those in power: Get real with it or get the F out of the decision making process NOW.
I want the budget in every department in the land to be gone through line by line. Govt. workers need to justify the existence of their jobs and we need to have tighter standards for deliverables and other performance criteria. (Median wage of $76,000/yr for govt. employees) I have had enough.. Balance you books and give me a good accounting once and for all. Stop looking at the bottom rung of the ladder to eliminate waste. The bottom rung folks are the only ones doing anything. The Administrators are sucking the life out of the system and contibuting so little to the equation. It takes a lot less furlough days to make the necessary budgetary cuts when you take out the $100,000/year plus workers that contribute so little per dollar in the first place.
Rant on..
Real good start to cutting the fat. Think about it.
9 planes dozens of pilots and ground crew and they were doing all the shows for free? Honoring our veterans and fueling the dreams of the young men and women who might one day aspire to become a jet jockey. OR we could simple stop using government airlines to fly our government employees and Congress all over the planet unnecessarily. Including Obama and his vacations. But they won't give up those perks is my guess.. Don't try and find cost savings anywhere in the procurement department, we know there is no waste there, RIGHT??
I fully suspect the Land and Sea Shows to be cancelled too.. They have them in more than one place, like West Palm, NYC and San Diego. Maybe even cancel some training exercises since that cost money for them to PRETEND to be prepared for battle..
Just a blurb that should inflame the conscience of the taxpaying masses.
I suggest to those in power: Get real with it or get the F out of the decision making process NOW.
I want the budget in every department in the land to be gone through line by line. Govt. workers need to justify the existence of their jobs and we need to have tighter standards for deliverables and other performance criteria. (Median wage of $76,000/yr for govt. employees) I have had enough.. Balance you books and give me a good accounting once and for all. Stop looking at the bottom rung of the ladder to eliminate waste. The bottom rung folks are the only ones doing anything. The Administrators are sucking the life out of the system and contibuting so little to the equation. It takes a lot less furlough days to make the necessary budgetary cuts when you take out the $100,000/year plus workers that contribute so little per dollar in the first place.
Rant on..
