How is the US Army budget and Dixie Cups tied together?”
The world was amazed yesterday when President Obama announced that he was cutting way back on government spending. Unveiling his modest, cost-cutting budget of $3.4 trillion — it looks more impressive if you can see the zeros: 3,400,000,000,000 – the President also announced that he was cutting $17 billion of government spending, a whopping 1/2 of 1 percent of the total! Some of the savings: • Abolishing an Education Department attache’s post in Paris, at a savings of $632,000 per year. • Doing away with a $142 million program to help states pay to clean up abandoned mines. • Slashing the acquisition budget for army Dixie cup holders from $145 million to $14 million. • Trimming Congressional staff budgets by 50 percent, and freezing Congressional salaries for 5 years • Instituting new “stress tests” for failing schools and entirely eliminating federal subsidies for those who fail the test. • Slashing almost in half a benefits program for the families of slain police and safety officers
The world was amazed yesterday when President Obama announced that he was cutting way back on government spending. Unveiling his modest, cost-cutting budget of $3.4 trillion — it looks more impressive if you can see the zeros: 3,400,000,000,000 – the President also announced that he was cutting $17 billion of government spending, a whopping 1/2 of 1 percent of the total! Some of the savings: Slashing the acquisition budget for army Dixie cup holders from $145 million to $14 million.
