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Mike

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Furloughing employees, then turning right around & paying overtime is the dumbest thing I've heard to date.

Think real hard, this practice could be overcome with just a little thought...................................


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is blaming sequestration for its plan to furlough hundreds of workers at power plants across the country, but could end up canceling out any savings by paying out costly overtime to keep the electricity flowing.
In a series of emails obtained by FoxNews.com, the commanding officer for the Corps' Omaha District, which oversees a total of six power plants along the Missouri River, including the Fort Peck Dam in Montana and the Big Bend Dam in Ft. Thompson, S.D., warned civilian workers at the plants to brace for unpaid leave. The emails went out last month, as it became apparent that lawmakers were not likely to reach a deal to head off mandatory cuts in the federal government's discretionary spending.
“I want to bring you up to date on where we are with planning for possible automatic, across-the-board spending cuts in the face of sequestration and fiscal uncertainty,” Col. Joel Cross said in a message dated Feb. 4. “While Congress and the administration continue to work on a plan, we continue to prepare to adapt to future changes by building flexibility to protect current employees.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/21/usace-may-have-to-dole-out-overtime-to-cover-for-furloughed-power-plant/#ixzz2OB7nhT3T
 
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Mike said:
Furloughing employees, then turning right around & paying overtime is the dumbest thing I've heard to date.

Think real hard, this practice could be overcome with just a little thought...................................


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is blaming sequestration for its plan to furlough hundreds of workers at power plants across the country, but could end up canceling out any savings by paying out costly overtime to keep the electricity flowing.
In a series of emails obtained by FoxNews.com, the commanding officer for the Corps' Omaha District, which oversees a total of six power plants along the Missouri River, including the Fort Peck Dam in Montana and the Big Bend Dam in Ft. Thompson, S.D., warned civilian workers at the plants to brace for unpaid leave. The emails went out last month, as it became apparent that lawmakers were not likely to reach a deal to head off mandatory cuts in the federal government's discretionary spending.
“I want to bring you up to date on where we are with planning for possible automatic, across-the-board spending cuts in the face of sequestration and fiscal uncertainty,” Col. Joel Cross said in a message dated Feb. 4. “While Congress and the administration continue to work on a plan, we continue to prepare to adapt to future changes by building flexibility to protect current employees.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/21/usace-may-have-to-dole-out-overtime-to-cover-for-furloughed-power-plant/#ixzz2OB7nhT3T

Yep that's where the inflexibility of a line item budget cut is one of the stupidest ways to cut spending.. Apparently the regular salary budget will be expended- and leave them with a shortfall requiring furloughs- BUT the overtime budget will still have enough funding in it to pay overtime to the unfurloughed workers to keep things operating..

That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budgets.. Its set up to keep you from using major purchases funds to pay salaries instead or to use salary funds to make major purchases, etc., etc.-- but when times get tight it can make smart usage of the funds almost impossible for administrators... I know- I went thru several years of budget cutting...
 

Steve

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That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budget

sure is sad that the do nothing senate and the do nothing president snubbed their nose at a plan to give them that flexibility... :? :???: :roll:
 

Mike

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That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budgets..

Buckwheat hasn't had a "Budget" in a looooooong time now. :roll: He refuses.

There's the problem...................

You cannot convince me that the Corps can't work around this with a little forethought.

Are you really as stupid as you seem?

The Corps announced a few months ago that they were closing the locks at the dam just down the road from me. But when pushed on why, they had spent excess money on an un-needed RV park bridge that had cost them $100k over budget. I know, I had bid on the bridge and was passed over in favor of the General's buddy who's bid came in that much over mine.
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budgets.. Its set up to keep you from using major purchases funds to pay salaries instead or to use salary funds to make major purchases, etc., etc.-- but when times get tight it can make smart usage of the funds almost impossible for administrators... I know- I went thru several years of budget cutting...

If gov't budgets are so inflexible how in the he77 did we get nearly $17 trillion in debt??
 

Whitewing

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TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budgets.. Its set up to keep you from using major purchases funds to pay salaries instead or to use salary funds to make major purchases, etc., etc.-- but when times get tight it can make smart usage of the funds almost impossible for administrators... I know- I went thru several years of budget cutting...

If gov't budgets are so inflexible how in the he77 did we get nearly $17 trillion in debt??

Bush's fault. Try to keep up.
 

littlejoe

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Whitewing said:
TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budgets.. Its set up to keep you from using major purchases funds to pay salaries instead or to use salary funds to make major purchases, etc., etc.-- but when times get tight it can make smart usage of the funds almost impossible for administrators... I know- I went thru several years of budget cutting...

If gov't budgets are so inflexible how in the he77 did we get nearly $17 trillion in debt??

Bush's fault. Try to keep up.

Good point. What's Iraq? 6 Trillion? And that's the one that was gonna "pay for itself"---
 

Mike

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littlejoe said:
Whitewing said:
TexasBred said:
If gov't budgets are so inflexible how in the he77 did we get nearly $17 trillion in debt??

Bush's fault. Try to keep up.

Good point. What's Iraq? 6 Trillion? And that's the one that was gonna "pay for itself"---

:roll:
As of 2013, the Cost of War Project estimates the Iraq war has cost $1.7 trillion—nearly 30 times the pre-war estimate. That cost doesn't factor in future costs of veterans' care, which push the total to more than $2.1 trillion.
 
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Anonymous

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TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
That's one of the major problems of the inflexibility of government budgets.. Its set up to keep you from using major purchases funds to pay salaries instead or to use salary funds to make major purchases, etc., etc.-- but when times get tight it can make smart usage of the funds almost impossible for administrators... I know- I went thru several years of budget cutting...

If gov't budgets are so inflexible how in the he77 did we get nearly $17 trillion in debt??

Congress kept passing the authorizations to spend- including OKing GW to have a blank check for his wars-- which according to my source accounts for over 7 Trillion $ of national debt over the long term....The allocated line items authorized by Congress for specific use are very inflexible- and it takes another act of Congress to release them to other use... State and local budgets are the same...
 

hopalong

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Then by your own admission in your last post BUSH is not to blame :wink: :wink:

Give it up Dick your blame BUSH is way past it's prime, and like you is getting older and more stale :roll: :roll:
 

backhoeboogie

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Oldtimer said:
Yep that's where the inflexibility of a line item budget cut is one of the stupidest ways to cut spending.. ...

I was all for it until we put an idiot in office. Don't give him the power to cut out the good part. Anything that cuts his spending agenda, he will veto. Count on it.
 
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