I quit ….as Budget Chief

• Belly35

  

  Little attention to this but I find this somewhat interesting at the same time McChrystal comments are making news White House Budget Director Peter Orszag is stepping down. Will this guy be the next to make comment of incompetency of the UPSO "Undocumented Public Servant Obama"
  
  Seems the wheels are falling of the UPSO staff………….
  
  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/21/source-white-house-budget-chief-stepping/?test=latestnews
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  1. Rumors.
  2. If it is true, Budget Chiefs are around for 2 years anyways, so this is about right.
• IggyPride00

  

  Good luck filling that job. It is a trail of red ink for as far as the eye can see, and no one has the stones to propose any way to stop it.
• Belly35

  

  ccrunner609;397165 wrote:right before all the shit hits the fan, people usually start running

  That very true except for those full of crap and they can run....
• believer

  

  ccrunner609;397165 wrote:right before all the shit hits the fan, people usually start running

  
  I have a hunch that this one will be particularly messy...and smelly.
• IggyPride00

  

  Budget Director is actually an easy job right now as the Democrats are choosing not to pass a budget this year it appears for the first time since 1974. It is Congress's most basic function, and they can't even do it all, much less properly.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  IggyPride00;397849 wrote:Budget Director is actually an easy job right now as the Democrats are choosing not to pass a budget this year it appears for the first time since 1974. It is Congress's most basic function, and they can't even do it all, much less properly.

  
  It's only June.
  It is usually passed in October-December.
  Or they just CR it (Continuing Resolution) and pass it Jan-Feb.
• IggyPride00

  

  ptown_trojans_1;397886 wrote:It's only June.
  It is usually passed in October-December.

  
  You think the U.S Congress is going to go on record and vote for a 1.5+ trillion dollar deficit that includes tax hikes across the board within weeks of an election?
  
  Steny Hoyer said himself today there will be no formal budget this year. The budget issues are too contentious as no one wants to go on recording voting for that kind of spending or tax hikes, or for cutting spending which will infuriate constituents.
  
  Must be nice to be in Congress. You get full pay/benefits/perks whether you do your job or not. Good work if you can get it I guess.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  IggyPride00;397893 wrote:You think the U.S Congress is going to go on record and vote for a 1.5+ trillion dollar deficit that includes tax hikes across the board within weeks of an election?
  
  Steny Hoyer said himself today there will be no formal budget this year. The budget issues are too contentious as no one wants to go on recording voting for that kind of spending or tax hikes, or for cutting spending which will infuriate constituents.
  
  Must be nice to be in Congress. You get full pay/benefits/perks whether you do your job or not. Good work if you can get it I guess.

  
  Then they will do it after the election, when they are in lame duck, like every other Congress has done.
  It is really no surprise, most of the most contentious stuff gets passed in lame duck sessions. (Between Thanksgiving and Christmas)
  It will get passed, like it always does.
• IggyPride00

  

  Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made official Tuesday morning what most insiders have known for months: Congress won’t do a budget this year.

  You could be right, but the Majority leader seemed to pretty clearly say no budget this year.
  
  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38843.html
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  There will be a budget, just a continuation of the 2010 budget. That will be done by CRing the 2010 budget for a few months.
  Or, what they will do is break it up to agencies, defense, energy, labor, education etc. and slowly pass each one. That is usually done well.
  Not having a budget and using a CR is not new. Hell the Intelligence agencies haven't had an official budget since 2005, for various reasons, and they still function under CR and additional resolutions.
  
  Not a surprise from Hoyer. Congress is pretty broken and messed up.
• believer

  

  ptown_trojans_1;397924 wrote:Congress is pretty broken and messed up.

  Tell me it isn't so.
• gibby08

  

  All of you do realize that he was going to leave in January but stayed because Obama asked him to right?
• superman

  I am amazed at ptown's ability to spin anything that makes Obama and the dems look bad.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  superman;398424 wrote:I am amazed at ptown's ability to spin anything that makes Obama and the dems look bad.

  
  lol Thanks.
  Not my intention. But, I really doubt that he is leaving because of all the pressure. Budget guys don't stay around long, look at every administration over the past 30 years. There have been 13 since 1981. It is a high turnover position. Bush had 4, Clinton had 4, Bush Sr. had 1 and Reagan had 3.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget