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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:32 PM Original message |
My Wife's Idea of a 5% solution - everyone takes a pay cut. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. everyone in the military, 5% cut in every contract cost, or just working people? nt |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. EVERYONE who gets a paycheck from Uncle Sam |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. how about a low cap on that? |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. No exceptions, eveyone takes a cut in wife's plan. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. or maybe a percentage change as your pay diverges from the mean |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. The average state employee around here makes around 25,000 |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. i thought they were just talking |
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bergie321 (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. You can't renegotiate contracts... |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. What percentage for Corporations? |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Don't know, don't care, this is just about the Federal Government. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Corporations that supply the Federal Government |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The bidding process makes implementing that much more difficult. |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. People who work in the private sector have taken cuts. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. because they have to |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like it |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think it might be "easy" just to do salaries. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's going to take a lot more than salaries |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I agree. We have to start somewhere. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Good start, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. doesn't it depend on what the spending/investment is for? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. The president of my university... |
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yesphan (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Does this mean |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I doubt it, but they generate their own revenue... |
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yesphan (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Good day |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. One down already... |
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yesphan (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I used to be a member |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. you should come back... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. Congratulations! You've saved about $775 million, or enough to pay for one day of the Iraq War. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It's a start. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Wait. Which is the stupid comment, mine or yours? |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Is that the annual savings from a 5% reduction in all combined Federal salaries? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. It might be just under 13 billion for civilian employess only. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. The premise is false |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I am not agreeing or disagreeing with you Quaker Bill |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. They are proposing that here |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Agreed & Well Said |
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RocketTuna (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. +1000 |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. +1000 |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not enough. Both in people, and money. AND STOP ATTACKING CIVIL SERVANTS!!!!! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. + |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
49. Amen |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Rocco, sorry I am not attacking Civil Servants. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. It doesn't matter to you that the rich are making out like bandits... |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Thank YOU! |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Exactly! K&R |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Better solution, cut five percent from the military budget, |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. better solution yet: cut 25% from the military budget |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's what was done here in CA with furloughs last year, and it was not a long-term |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I live in California, perhaps it would have worked better if |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. how much would that save? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
33. Government wage is not the cost that is hurting us. The cost of occupying two |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. Why Not Halt The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. The problem with that is I think most people would rather keep 100 percent |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. Make everybody take a month long paid vacation |
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bergie321 (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. Or... |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. How about the past two years when I didn't get a COLA? |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Did somebody forget to tell you (like they did me) that there's no stinking inflation? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. if it includes an equal or greater ''pay cut'' in the form of taxes on the wealthy |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. I would gladly take a 5-10% tax cut if... |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. I can't see politicians voting to do that to the military |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
56. No thanks. I don't trust most companies to do the right thing. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. The OP is talking about government jobs. nt |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. As a whtie collar federal employee |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
60. Stupid idea. |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. Exactly! K&R |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
61. Very fair method...else massive layoffs are coming n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. That's like saying a Bandaid is the solution to an amputation. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Then putting the Bandaid on the wrong limb. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
67. Only if taxes are raised on the wealthy by 10%... |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. That is what they did in Minnesota... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
68. No -- it doesn't solve the problem. |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
70. My son, a Marine, received a cut in benefits. |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
71. 5% is regressive |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. totally unfair to those at the low end of the totem |
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