Bring on the Sequester and Bring Down Uncontrolled Government Spending

I am not a politician, but I know what all Americans know (if they are honest with themselves) that we cannot spend more money in a year than we make in income.

A few days ago in answer to the sequester the administration began releasing illegal aliens, claiming they could no longer afford the cost of detaining them. Clearly this is yet another attempt by the Obama administration to enrage the American public (and it will no doubt be successful).

But, in fact they could have loaded them on a bus and returned them to "whence they came"; and thus not have released them into the rolls of the unemployed, and possibly into a life of crime (desperate people act desperately!).

Speaker of the House, John Boehner was appalled (once again) by the administrations actions. Boehner was in disbelief that Obama would possibly endanger the lives of American citizens by releasing criminals into the general populace.

Although many of these detainees may in fact be upstanding individuals, they entered the country illegally and it would seem to therefore dictate that they must be returned to their native land.

Obama is like a child who is told by his parents that he cannot go to the movies until he brings up his grades and therefore he burns down the house.In fact this precisely the kind of desperate measure that is required.  WE MUST STOP UNCONTROLLED SPENDING! This is something that the administration is clearly opposed to doing.

We haven't had a budget since 2009. Sadly many in the senate perceive it as unnecessary. As they correctly point out, the Senate Appropriations Committee is all that's needed. But, without a budget, there’s no planning, just rampant spending; kind of like giving a credit card to 16 year old with the instructions to use it as needed!

In truth the a 10% cut (across the board) in the total wages and benefits of $236 billion paid to the 2.1 million executive branch civilian workers in 2011 (over $110,000 average per employee) would save taxpayers over $23 billion. To be sure, discomforting to those suffering the cuts but not entirely devastating.

There were 2,790,000 federal workers in January 2009 - now there are 2,804,000. Every month after January 2009 has seen more federal workers than were employed in January 2009. Moreover, there are more federal workers under President Obama than there were under President Bush.