We’re with Newt Gingrich so far. It’s obvious that President Obama is actively trying to make the sequester, which even PolitiFact and NPR have had to admit was his idea in the first place, sound as painful as possible. ABC News yesterday released its list of “57 Terrible Consequences of the Sequester,” ranging from meat shortages to an increase in terrorism. But who decided on those cuts, and why did they do such a bad job of trimming the fat?
We need a peoples sequester to replace the politicians sequester. Every American could suggest waste and low priorities to cut
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 22, 2013
That too is not a bad idea. As Twitchy reported yesterday, plenty of people independently decided that a few thousand fewer TSA agents — or none at all — would be a sacrifice they could live with.
(1/2) Obama could save about 3k tsa jobs in one step if he drops the $340 million "crony contract" described here http://t.co/ZlawWm5f0U
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 22, 2013
(2/2)That would be a people's sequester not a politician's sequester. http://t.co/ZlawWm5f0U
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 22, 2013
(1/2) A people's sequester would lay off Washington bureaucrats in high rise buildings who shuffle paper.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 22, 2013
(2/2)A politician's sequester lays off workers who serve public, but protects cronies& bureaucrats. Note this article http://t.co/MPMIT1RPbV
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 22, 2013
Or, we could lose a few paper shufflers and airport gropers. Anyone else have ideas for the people’s sequester?
https://twitter.com/jrobinson105/status/305086768699564034
@newtgingrich how about abolish EPA, Depts of Energy and Ed,, OSHA, TSA. Then unhire 16000 new IRS agents.$billions saved. + Many more depts
— dj vineLmix (@MDnAZ) February 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/rwinpig/status/305075260141748224
@newtgingrich You mean Congress and their staffs?
— Meatball (@rockrocknvrstop) February 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/BashemB/status/305068645699166208
@newtgingrich how many jobs would be saved if air force one wasn't used as a golf cart?
— Erik (@winefishdawg) February 22, 2013
#PeoplesSequester – Term Limits, same health care as citizens, foreign aid with expectations, pork freeze… @newtgingrich
— Nick I (@badjeffro) February 22, 2013
@newtgingrich all those buildings you were shown as a freshman congressman filled with lawyers in alphabet soup agencies, cut em!
— Nachman Mostofsky (@Mostofsky) February 22, 2013
Many were less concerned with Gingrich’s plan for a people’s sequester than they were stymied by his suggestion that the nation’s capital has high rise buildings in which to shuffle paper.
High rises are illegal in DC. MT @newtgingrich: A people's sequester wd lay off Washington bureaucrats in high rise bldgs who shuffle paper.
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) February 22, 2013
@GottaLaff @newtgingrich High rise buildings in D.C.?
— John Brown (@jbrown3079) February 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/mikemadden/status/305071489584087040
https://twitter.com/timkrepp/status/305071668718612480
https://twitter.com/timkrepp/status/305072864896380929
Oh well. Gingrich’s first attempt at a Vine posting fared better with the Twitter critics.
Had fun trying #vine for the first time today http://t.co/OmAS78bqJ7
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 22, 2013
Pls make one w/zoo animals Newt RT @newtgingrich: Had fun trying #vine for the first time today http://t.co/KPE6MOG3QF
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) February 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/traciglee/status/305006749881090050
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