Social Security spends $700,000 on Phoenix conference (salary, cost, bailout, work)

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by delusianne

Hey oz, I think it was you I asked if you ever complained about government employees running off to meetings spending our money during the Bush regime.

So, did you ever complain about that?

To answer your question -- I think they should have the meetings, but they should spend 100% in local places -- hotels, restaurants, etc.

I have complained(ad nauseum) about government waste since about 2000.

I think they shouldn't have such meeting at all...they have a phone...

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by delusianne

Barack Hussein Obama is very scary, isnt he?

Anything to avoid huh

I mean you've tried to divert to Bush now its Obamas scarey.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

Deflecting the debate again???

Tsk tsk.

nope, I answered you. I didnt deflect the "debate" anywhere; if you're talking about the Bush thing, it was to put your complaint into perspective.

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

Deflecting the debate again???

Tsk tsk.

Didnt they tell someone else in this thread to stay on topic lol

They have to be spinning trying to defend Obama and this one. Notice the lack of democrats in this thread

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Anything to avoid huh

I mean you've tried to divert to Bush now its Obamas scarey.

Nope, just an observation. Do carry on with the "debate".

[davidmg1]

Originally Posted by delusianne

Hey oz, I think it was you I asked if you ever complained about government employees running off to meetings spending our money during the Bush regime.

So, did you ever complain about that?

To answer your question -- I think they might as well have the meetings if they dont have them every week, but they should spend 100% in local places, not chains -- hotels, restaurants, souvenir stores, etc.

When all of this took place under Bush like you say, did you defend it like your defending it now?

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by delusianne

nope, I answered you.

No...THIS:

Is deflecting...

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Didnt they tell someone else in this thread to stay on topic lol

They have to be spinning trying to defend Obama and this one. Notice the lack of democrats in this thread

Im sorry if you didnt understand the Bush reference, but Im kinda tickled that you think "delusianne" must be more than one person.

Originally Posted by oz in SC

No...THIS:


Is deflecting...

obviously such a comment wouldnt change the course of the conversation.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by davidmg1

When all of this took place under Bush like you say, did you defend it like your defending it now?

I didnt pay attention to any of this stuff until around last spring. Thanks for asking though.

edit -- whoa -- I mean two springs ago!

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

I have complained(ad nauseum) about government waste since about 2000.

I think they shouldn't have such meeting at all...they have a phone...

For whatever reason, they said no teleconferencing would be allowed.

Anyway it'll be interesting to see if they put a moratorium on things like this in the coming months and years, penny-pinching though they may be. OR if they take my brilliant advice and do it all locally (except the airfare).