0bama Sequester To Furlough Emer National Weather Service? (Corporate Profit, Bush, spend)
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We cannot cut Defense spending can we? Cutting defense corporate profits would be sinful and bring the rath of Mammon down upon us. This is far more important than predicting disastrous weather soon enough to evacuate the potential victims.
Boy I dont know whether to laugh or shake my head at some of the comments. I am a meteorologist myself. The Natl Weather Service was created in 1970....which was formerly the US Weather Bureau...which was formerly the US Signal Corps. It is a federal responsibility as weather doesnt know state lines. It was nationalized as a system of observations back in the days of the railroad building out into the central parts of the nation as it was very important to know weather coming. Remember the great Galveston hurricane of 1900....many thousands dead.
Anyway the cost of computing power to produce model data....the cost of putting in and maintaining satellites, surface observation systems, radar, and then the communication networks so that data is sent out is immense and not something any individual state can do on its own nor any private agency.
Our job is for the protection of life and property and the role of protecting commerce in the United States. Hence its national scope.
All satellite and radar data seen and used by the media and private agencies come from the government/NWS. The government/NWS funds the satellites and built and maintain the radars and without the government no one would have anything in regards to that type of weather data. Accu Weather, WSI or others have no interest in investing the millions/billions needed to maintain such a system.
There is a severe staff shortage in some offices as many vacancies over the past year have not been filled. Eventually you can only go so long with a short staff and something will fall through the cracks.
The problem with most gov't agency's is they seem to do OK with what they are given. Then EVERY year they want more.
In tight time private businesses cut back but, oh no a gov't agency or program just can't get by WITHOUT more money every year.
Government is the most inefficient enterprise going.
Sen. Tom Coburn writes a book EVERY year showing the waste and NOTHING is done about it.
This is all political theater brought to you by the Obama administration. The total amount of the sequester budget cuts amounts to 2.2% of the federal budget, and Obama is making certain that its impact is being felt by as many Americans as possible. Obama is an immature cry-baby throwing a tantrum.
"The total amount of the sequester budget cuts amounts to 2.2% of the federal budget,"
It isn't even that. There are NO cuts. It is a REDUCTION in increases.
In other words there raise is smaller. They still get a raise just a little less then they expected.
Key words "Without spending cuts." This comes down to a massive pissing contest between the left and the right. Obama wants a higher debt ceiling, the republicans want spending cuts, the two sides refuse to agree, and the entire nation suffers the consequences. Big government at its finest.
Well, we got spending cuts so what is everyone whining about?
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