Sequester Away

Sequester away
The new year brought us the fiscal cliff which passed with barely a speed bump. Today the boogie man is sequestration. Obama is out preaching all manner of evils will befall us and Speaker John Boehner is calling the president every name but the one he reserves for private talks.  The media is doing its part to spread the word of the Emperor’s new clothes.

Unfortunately, I can’t muster much strength to care. We’re talking about two percent in across the board  cuts. Frankly if we can’t manage such a pitiful cut in our national budget, our problems are much bigger than anything that’s being discussed. And as much as I respect the president and empathize with him for all the absolute mistreatment and disrespect he has to deal with every day, I’m not accepting the idea that the sequestration is all that bad.

First of all, most Americans don’t have to wait until Friday to feel the effects of the economic crisis. The worst off Americans have already lost their homes while banks pocketed a profit. They lost their jobs. They have tightened their belts. They have done their part.

What’s going to be affected? The Transportation Security Administration.  This is an agency that didn’t even exist until Republican George W. Bush created it, adding 47,000 federal jobs. And as much as I appreciate providing jobs for small people with a large degree of self importance, it was never necessary. The World Trade Center didn’t get bombed because we didn’t have morons with undue power to subvert American rights. The Trade Center was bombed because Bush and the Republicans ignored warnings that Al Queda was planning an attack on the United States.

And if TSA cuts cause longer lines at the airport, I don’t give a crap. I’m poor. I don’t fly enough for it to make any difference in my life whatsoever. I suspect most of America’s poor and former middle class are in the same situation. So should I care that rich people will experience longer lines at the airport? NO, NO, NO.

They say we won’t be able to defend ourselves. Bullcrap. The United States spent $711 Billion last year in defense. China came in second with $143 Billion. The U.S. spent more than the next 10 other countries combined among the top military spenders. In other words, we can afford the cuts to the military. Given that China is the largest potential military threat in the world and only spends $143 Billion, it appears we can afford to cut a bunch from the military.

And besides, quite frankly I’m tired of my tax dollars being spent to kill the world’s poor people in order to enrich capitalists, many of which aren’t even American capitalists. We spend too much on military. We spend too much on military. We spend way too freaking much on the military. We are supposed to be a Christian nation. So why for the love of God do we spend $711 billion every year to kill people. The only possible answer is that we are a Christian nation that has no concept of what Christianity is. And finally, I bet if we spent $711 billion a year on diplomacy or bringing Democracy to the nations of earth, there would be no need for any military. EVOLVE. All human life is equal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

And one more point. So far, the richest Americans have done just fine since 2008. The only people who have suffered were already poor when the Republicans started this mess. I think it’s high time to spread the equality of austerity far and wide. So for my part, I say sequester away. The budget needs to be cut and frankly I don’t care from where the cuts come. Times are tough but it seems to me they’ve been tougher for the majority. It’s time the feudal lords felt some belt tightening.

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