Romney would ground Big Bird but send military spending soaring - Los Angeles Times [dayinformations.blogspot.com]
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Mitt Romney may have won the first presidential debate, but what stuck in many people’s minds was his threat to fire Big Bird. Apparently, Romney thinks America’s debt problem can be fixed by picking up pennies along Sesame Street.
Pressed to explain how he would balance the federal budget while cutting trillions of dollars in taxes, the allegedly masterful debater offered up just two specifics: He would repeal “Obamacare†(even though the Congressional Budget Office says the healthcare act actually reduces deficit spending) and eliminate the federal subsidy to the Public Broadcasting System.
Directly addressing beleaguered debate moderator Jim Lehrer, the former anchor of the PBS "NewsHour," Romney said, “I’m sorry, Jim, I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS.... I like PBS, I love Big Bird, I actually like you, too, but I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for.â€Â
Romney went on to say he would save additional money by tossing popular federal programs back to the states (the same states that do not have enough money to operate the programs they already have) and by making “government more efficient†(the same boilerplate assurance that every candidate for even the lowliest office offers up when he has no real clue how to fix a budget).
So, after many long months of campaigning and promising to cut the deficit while also cutting taxes, the single genuine and specific spending reduction Romney has stipulated is the one one-hundredth of a percent of federal expenditures that helps pay for Big Bird, Downton Abbey and the rest of the PBS lineup. Defenders of PBS were quick to point out that eliminating the federal subsidy for public television would trim an amount equal to just six hours â€" 360 minutes â€" of spending at the Pentagon.
It seems as if it would be more effective to leave PBS with its minuscule piece of federal largess and, instead, cut six hours â€" or maybe 24 or 48 hours â€" of military spending, right? Apparently not to Romney. Rather than trimming the Defense Department budget, he has proposed a radical spike in defense outlays that would take military spending to the highest level in 60 years.
On Monday, in his foreign policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute, Romney attacked President Obama, saying the U.S. cannot play an effective role in the Middle East “when our defense spending is being arbitrarily and deeply cut.†Since there have been no arbitrary and deep cuts for the military in Obama’s first term, Romney must have been referring to the automatic reductions that could kick in if Congress and the president fail to reach a budget deal by January. Whether or not that happens, it is crazy to suggest the United States does not spend enough money to keep the country safe.
The 10 nations with the biggest defense budgets spend more than $ 1 trillion a year on military might. Americans shell out 60% of that amount. In other words, the United States spends more than everyone else combined.
If reining in excessive military spending cannot be part of the budget balancing equation, then bulldozing Sesame Street is a pointless exercise that will do exactly nothing to stop American borrowing from China or head off fiscal calamity. Muppet he may be, but Big Bird is more real than Mitt Romney’s fanciful scheme to balance the budget while sending Pentagon spending into the stratosphere.
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Answer by kate
I believe you can unless there was a contract signed for the new position . Call the employee to a meeting , and advise him of the cash flow problem ( production goals not met ) . Explain you need to eliminate the position and ask if he would like to have his old position back . If he is a valuable employee , make it clear you prefer not to loose him . good luck and sorry about the econ issues >
Answer by hlstarch
Assuming you are in the United States, generally you can decrease an employee's pay for whatever reason you want, BUT there are some things to worry about: - As already noted, a contract may limit your options here. You probably do not have a formal employment agreement with the employee. You may, however, have made agreements that are enforceable as a contract, particularly if you're doing all this hiring, pay-adjusting, etc. without a lawyer. - There's the possibility of a discrimination claim (similar to a wrongful termination claim), if the employee is a member of a group that's protected, e.g. a minority, over 40, etc. - As you probably appreciate -- quite aside from the legal issues -- this can raise a significant morale / personal relationship issue ... which, at the end of the day, is what lies beneath a lot of what later become legal issues.
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