Using the State of Oregon as but one of myriad examples, notice how notwithstanding this year's Propositions 66 and 67 (lowering tax on unemployment benefits and kiting it on largely fictional folks raking in $125,000/year here), together with platitudes like "answer the Census, even if it just wants name, associates, age, and says Hispanic not a race for its purposes...dadgumit, the Census means FEDRAL MONEY for our State!", Oregon STILL needs to cut at least $577 million from its fiscal year 2011 budget (beginning July 01, 2010)?

 

Yes, that's what Oregon says, per the Salem Statesman-Journal (http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100610/STATE/6100346/Oregon-s-proposed-budget-cuts-strike-wide ).

 

Now, at the start of this year, Assistant Congressional Majority House Leader Steny Hoyer announced NO House budget resolution would be allowed for a vote at all in calendar year 2010; in fact, the House STILL hasn't even got a budget of its own TO bring to resolution; and of course, the only other "way out" would be to have what they call a "Deeming Resolution", one that just outright deems the Senate budget proposal as equal to the will of the House and lets printing presses roll therefrom.

 

It's nice that the USA Senate has passed a big budget of its own, but without a House version or at least a "deeming resolution", it looks like as Congress adjourns for the Summer in a few weeks, concurrently Fiscal 2011 will start without one single penny rolling out of Federal pockets to pay for anything...maybe B-Rock Obahmah can sopmehow issue IOUs on what strikes his fancy until such time as Congress decides to pass a relevant resolution, but even THAT is highly murky.

 

Kind of makes it more interesting about the ever-expanding police powers government gives itself, plus evermore powers in secrecy, plus nationalizing of media/religion/medicine/more, as it sets about shutting off reverse mortgage issuances, bouncing seniors behind on tax or insuranc e, and so on ad infinitum...especially since so many counties, towns and States right now are girding for effects of deep cuts in services and human needs to their own constituents, while not really mentioning such constituents may not be the root cause(s) of this new way of life splashing across USA culture.  

 

Or that many of us will have to earn, eat, and spend from our own cash-on-hand, as if by icy-cold "pecking order" we'll thin OURSELVES so stinky government operation of Socialistic nationalized services won't be necessary...assuming, of course, those being "last men standing" stand a chance thereafter of recouping what THEY'VE put out to get to that point (another "scene missing" element, not worthy of trust even by the most narcissistic antisocials among us).