Navy orders cuts to begin now; thousands fired

[Misfit]

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Navy flag officers and top executives were told Thursday to begin cutting expenses - laying off thousands of temporary civilian workers, reducing base operations and preparing to cancel maintenance work on more than two dozen ships and hundreds of aircraft.

[LuckyMe143]

Originally Posted by Misfit

Navy orders cuts to begin now; thousands to be fired | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Navy flag officers and top executives were told Thursday to begin cutting expenses - laying off thousands of temporary civilian workers, reducing base operations and preparing to cancel maintenance work on more than two dozen ships and hundreds of aircraft.

My Dad is one to be getting laid off. :/ This happens a lot to him. He lives paycheck to paycheck just like the rest of us.I think after this layoff he won't be able to bounce back. Hope he can set his pride aside and move up here with me. He's old and he can retire.

[Cheeky1]

Originally Posted by Misfit

Navy orders cuts to begin now; thousands to be fired | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Navy flag officers and top executives were told Thursday to begin cutting expenses - laying off thousands of temporary civilian workers, reducing base operations and preparing to cancel maintenance work on more than two dozen ships and hundreds of aircraft.

Of course, they won't be cutting themselves, the top makes excessive amounts of 'doh'....

[bcp (Premo)]

but the welfare crowd and the filthy illegals still get their free stuff right?

thats really all I care about, making sure the non productive live better than the working class.

[b23hqb]

We can only hope that most, if not all, of these laid off workers voted (D) last year, but they still will not learn.

"The cutbacks are in response to Congress' continuing to fund the Navy at the 2012 budget level, rather than providing what the service was expecting for 2013. Unable to agree on an annual budget, Congress approved a continuing resolution to keep the government operating at 2012 budget levels until March 27."

The House (R) agreed on a budget. The Senate (D) has not even presented one in four years.

Who's holding things up here, Harry?

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by b23hqb

The House (R) agreed on a budget. The Senate (D) has not even presented one in four years.

Who's holding things up here, Harry?

That's not how it works. The House (R) and the Senate (D) both have to agree on a budget and send it to the POTUS for signature or veto.

[perfectorec]

Originally Posted by b23hqb

We can only hope that most, if not all, of these laid off workers voted (D) last year, but they still will not learn.

"The cutbacks are in response to Congress' continuing to fund the Navy at the 2012 budget level, rather than providing what the service was expecting for 2013. Unable to agree on an annual budget, Congress approved a continuing resolution to keep the government operating at 2012 budget levels until March 27."

The House (R) agreed on a budget. The Senate (D) has not even presented one in four years.

Who's holding things up here, Harry?

Yea because we all know spending 60% of the world's defense budget is sustainable. I swear I wonder how some of you people made it this far in life.

[perfectorec]

Originally Posted by bcp

but the welfare crowd and the filthy illegals still get their free stuff right?

thats really all I care about, making sure the non productive live better than the working class.

What did all you knuckleheads tell the rest of us suffering through the Bush dictatorship? Love or Leave it! Crybaby.

[abcxyz]

It is a shame the current administration would rather cut defense spending than welfare spending. I'm a fan of cutting both but that is another ball of wax. Navy going to have to run a tighter ship!

[Gilligan (Premo)]

Originally Posted by perfectorec

Yea because we all know spending 60% of the world's defense budget is sustainable. I swear I wonder how some of you people made it this far in life.

Since defense spending as a percentage of GDP and of the budget as a whole has remained fairly constant or even declined in recent times, what makes today so different that now its no longer "sustainable"? In your esteemed opinion.