tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post6993131696068141345..comments2023-11-05T04:35:19.263-05:00Comments on Faceless Bureaucrat: FSA's BudgetBill Harshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post-21400943144045951332014-04-23T12:45:22.153-04:002014-04-23T12:45:22.153-04:00William, I feel your pain! Instead of cutting the...William, I feel your pain! Instead of cutting the federal and COF employees, who may be sorely needed when the current profitable portion of the farming cycle ends, during the remnants of a recession with few comparable jobs to go to, why don't we reduce generous subsidies to farmers, who have not needed them badly since 2006, by enough to keep current staffing levels until the economy picks up more and unemployment drops a lot? These cuts are still slowing the recovery by reducing collective demand for consumer goods and services and the dimwits in Washington can't seem to grasp that. FDR is spinning in his grave! All these cuts are so that the "job creators" (who have exported millions of jobs over the past 12 years in the name of higher company profits for the owners and management!) won't have to pay so much in taxes, but after 33 years of "trickle down" budget and tax policy, and this economy, expanding income gap, shrinking middle class, and expanding wealth gap to show for it, don't people yet realize that it should be called, "Cascade UP!"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post-14323657473661405462014-03-07T10:14:36.333-05:002014-03-07T10:14:36.333-05:00It is a little depressing working for USDA/FSA, I&...It is a little depressing working for USDA/FSA, I've been here 29 years and was upset that the Department continues to focus on eliminating the COC structure and COF system. The Secretary recently said "As we improve technology.....we're no longer drawing maps on the back of yellow legal pads. but actually pulling them up on a computer". How insulting. BTW: Love your profile.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769203984222247579noreply@blogger.com