It is so
funny when Congressmen and citizens become outraged over the abuse of
Government funds, or the debauchery of people like the Secret Service when they
are away from home. While it is sad this
happens and the poor Secret Service agents, and GSA senior leadership may lose
their jobs is it really their fault? How
can we hold these people accountable, when we as a society have come to believe
we are victims? If we are a nation of
victims surely these poor souls must be victims as well.
When Congress
passes outlandish budgets and provides funds that no one wants or needs, and
the system says don’t give any back or you will get less next year, isn’t it
the job of the GSA to make sure every red cent of Congressionally appropriated,
including all the earmarks, funds get spent, no matter what it takes to do so? If they have to rent lavish suites, and throw
massive party’s training sessions where everyone is forced to take home
IPads and other expensive swag purchased with tax dollars how can we blame the
poor civil servants doing this important work?
Heck they didn’t even have a fancy patch like the Air Force team did
that said in Latin “Doing God’s Work With Other Peoples Money.”
After 10
years of war, with Congress authorizing trillions of dollars and the President
asking for even more, it is next to impossible to spend it fast enough, so how
is it when the GSA comes up with solutions they are penalized by the very
people who force the money on them?
Like Congressman never waste money on their paid flights home every
weekend, or the junkets around the world in the name of research.
And as for
the Secret Service, when you are on the B-team you’ve got to find a way to keep
up the old morale. As one agent attempted
to save taxpayers the $47.00 extra one hooker wanted he gets thrown out of the
country. Now what kind of treatment is
that? He or She is clearly a victim of
those nasty Colombian cartels. The fact
the US Government has signed the UN resolution on Trafficking in Humans, and
every government employee is required to take annual training on avoiding those
industries that traffic in humans, like brothels and prostitution rings, does
not mean they should actually comply with the law, for Pete’s sake they are the
Secret Service and the military advance team that sets up for the Presidents
visit. These are important victims and
deserve all the love and support the liberal community can provide them. These men and woman have struggled for years
with the burden of not being able to tell anyone what goes on during these
trips. They are innocent, well not so
innocent really, victims of a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy no one ever talks
about.
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My wife and I felt like victims today due to insurance problems. Turns out that the insurance that the church provides (which costs them about $1300 a month) doesn't cover pre-natal until you meet the deductible. Nor does it cover home birth at all. So we had a dirt cheap pregnancy that an expensive insurance policy doesn't feel obliged to help pay for. It kind of makes me want to go whole hog next time: hospital, caesarean, drugs, etc....
The problem is, being a victim stinks. My wife doesn't want the hospital with the expensive doctors; she doesn't want drugs, she sure as hell doesn't want an operation. And so we'll pay extra to do it our way. And after our little pity party, we reminded ourself that we got to call the shots. If we lost a few bucks to exercise our freedom, then so be it.
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