I was sitting here lamenting the fact that I don't know of any local group of theists not associated with churches to socialize with. I have no recognized religion and can't relate to any church group I've visited. Then it hit me that I had not used the resource right here in front of me. So I typed "Theists in Gainesville FL" into my search engine and in the first five pages of results, this was the ONLY hit that had anything to do with theists. The rest were all atheist related.

I laughed till I cried

If Congress won't work on real solutions needed for the economy then I say,

BRING ON THE SEQUESTER.

It's way better than what they've been doing.

And while we're on the subject, just what solution DO the American people support?

Ultimately, People get the government they deserve.

[quote=Voice of Reason

I agree, but I would be careful about painting ALL government employees with too wide a brush. There are some who are dedicated and do good, essential work.

Having said that, can you imagine what the cost will be of the new Obamacare leviathan bureaucracy will be? Will there be any added value created by it? I think not.[/quote]

Didn't mean to include all gov. workers, but could we eliminate 10% and be better off for it? Easily.

While we are talking about the group dependent on government, I think it should be noted that this includes a lot more than welfare and social program beneficiaries.

I would include a large number of highly paid government workers and those dependent on programs other than social welfare. This includes teachers, police, prison workers, and other groups that have become dependent on federal spending. The idea that 'government dependent' means poor people is false. I didn't like Romney but he got a bum rap on the 47% comment.

If I were a conspiracy fan, I would say the government's plan is to make as high a percentage of the population as possible dependant on them. And that's one reason why I'm not concerned about the effects of the sequester. We need to fire a lot of THIS type of "welfare" recipients.

Not to mention the 85 Billion the Feds are spending on QE3 (or wh**ever they call it now) EVERY MONTH for the foreseeable future. How can sequester be such a disaster and QE3 be no big deal? True that bookworm, how can (at least) 51% be this stupid?

Does anyone else wonder why there was no problem coming up with 60 Billion for NJ "Sandy" relief but cutting 85 Billion will cause all kinds of budgetary problems?

What BS the Obama Admin. is giving us.