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Offline teamnelson

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Obama to propose combining Federal agencies
« on: January 13, 2012, 03:04:58 AM »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-propose-combining-agencies-to-shrink-federal-government/2012/01/13/gIQAHsLqvP_story.html


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Obama will propose combining the functions and staff of six trade- and commerce-related agencies and offices: the Small Business Administration; the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; the Export-Import Bank; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and the Trade and Development Agency. The move would ease the regulatory burden on businesses and save money by eliminating duplicative functions such as human resources, the White House official said


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Re: Obama to propose combining Federal agencies
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 03:22:17 PM »
I'd be good with combining a lot of federal agencies into one big unit and then flushing the whole works.
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Re: Obama to propose combining Federal agencies
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 03:33:07 PM »
He is taking three small agencies and making one larger one.  He has lied time and time agian about savings and costs,
My guess is at the end of this there will be more people employed in the one agency then the current three and that we will have no savings at all, the added costs of new ID's, locks, offices, stationary, computers, Logo stuff- coffee mugs, jackets, shirts, writting tablets, golf balls, and name plates for desks and doors.
What I would like to see is just a flat reduction in spending across the board by 10%  not a cut in the proposed growth of governemnt from 20% a year to 18% and calling that a 10% cut.  At the end of the day if we spent 100 last year we are spending 118 next year not 90.
I would also like ot see a tax cut of the growth rate. 
I know the class warfare crap makes great sound bites.  "Raising taxes on those that can afford it" BHO but what happens is any tax increase is a raise in costs, that raise prices accross the board.  A raise in prices and less is demanded.  Less demanded and fewer workers are needed to fill those demands.  Fewer workers means fewer taxes collects, smaller demands mean smaller profits and smaller profits mean smaller tax dollars collected.   

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Re: Obama to propose combining Federal agencies
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 03:44:15 PM »
Didn't government combine agencies with the patriot act?
Did it save any money?
Didn't government gain more power over us?


It gave us the goon squad at airports and fema camps.
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Re: Obama to propose combining Federal agencies
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2012, 05:13:42 PM »
It's all about giving obummer more power, not to help America, otherwise why didn't he just ask congress to do it?? It's all about control. POWDERMAN.  >:( >:(
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Re: Obama to propose combining Federal agencies
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2012, 05:19:18 PM »
It's all about giving obummer more power, not to help America, otherwise why didn't he just ask congress to do it?? It's all about control. POWDERMAN.  >:( >:(
correct and he does not need more power