White House Backtracks on 6 Sequester Doomsday Claims

Politico reports the White House has officially backtracked from the following six sequester claims, made pre-sequester:

1. janitors at federal facilities will be laid off and the toilets will back up
2. teachers will be laid off
3. criminals will be released
4. Meals on Wheels will be canceled
5. janitors at federal facilities will not be paid overtime
6. 70,000 children will be kicked-off Head Start

www.politico.com...

reply to post by AtticusRye


I've never done that... But the restaurant I cook for have toilets backing up constantly. But that's because we get bombarded by people with no common sense or respect for the property of others.

Originally posted by AtticusRye

 

 

How on Earth was my post off-topic? I was providing experiential context and personal commentary on my first-hand observations of a sequester claim.

Does ATS only allow us to make reports of things we read elsewhere? We're not allowed to comment on personal experience?

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How about re-wording this post. I'm more than interested.

Originally posted by Witness2008
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How about re-wording this post. I'm more than interested.

Since I have no idea what was wrong with it in the first place, I'm not sure it's worth spending the time if it's just going to be deleted again.

Those that lose their jobs whether they be folks that are on standby for toilet plunging or programming young American minds could just go to work for TSA or some other thuggery department.

Smoke and mirrors.

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Ask the mod who did it.... I've had some tagged and been mad about it too...until they explained in detail, just what I did or what rule I wasn't aware of. Still frustrating at times...but understandable when they have a shot to lay it out, IMO.

As for the thread topic? Well.. Obama and his people wrote it in terms of the specifics it would impact. He signed it into law. So, if he and his people have been misstating it, they've been misleading on their very own issue. Excuses would seem to be unavailable in that case, as I'd think of it.

If all he claimed would happen, won't? Well, again, he wrote it...only he has the power to retarget WHO gets slammed with this or...to have known the truth of it well in advance.

If Obama EVER wants people to believe what he says as he says it right to our faces, daily, he needs to understand that things like this MATTER. He's the President, not some Community Organizer no one cares about the actions or opinions of anymore. People literally live and die, rise and fall by the opinions and actions of a U.S. President. This one seems clueless as to the sheer power of his words as well as screw ups.

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
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Ask the mod who did it.... I've had some tagged and been mad about it too...until they explained in detail, just what I did or what rule I wasn't aware of.

No one has offered to explain anything to me "in detail" - or, at all.

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They won't. At least they never have for me. I've had to ask them...but when asked, I've never had a problem getting it explained. More than once or in multiple ways, in one case (I was really mad on one of them...lol).

If no response comes directly on a reply to the U2U you got for the removed post, the "Complaint" link on the top line menu is always a direct line to the open staff area in back somewhere. By the random selection of who responds to 'complaint' notes, I've gotten the impression they all go into a forum the general staff can see and respond to as they're available to take one.

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
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They won't. At least they never have for me. I've had to ask them...

I'll consider my post of consternation/surprise to be an "ask" in that case. Since the admin in question is, obviously, lurking in this thread to delete so-called "off topic" posts, they obviously have seen this exchange and I'll assume their slinking silence is a refusal to respond.

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Way off topic here but I have sent several messages to the staff with the reply always that someone will contact me within 48 hours and I have never heard back from them. They do not respond. They pick up the phone, do not say hello and then hang up. (= action of no e mail response)

Originally posted by karen61560
They pick up the phone, do not say hello and then hang up. (= action of no e mail response)

LOL +1