{"id":18471,"date":"2013-04-19T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18471"},"modified":"2013-04-19T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:54:09","slug":"this-is-not-a-surpise-to-anyone-who-has-been-paying-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18471","title":{"rendered":"This Is Not A Surpise To Anyone Who Has Been Paying Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a story that was posted last month, but the information in it is still relevant. On March 19th, the Washington Examiner<\/a> posted a story stating that the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement<\/a> Director John Morton stated that he could have avoided releasing 2,228 illegal immigrant<\/a> detainees<\/a> by asking Congress<\/a> for flexibility under the sequestration program, but he didn’t.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

\u201cReprogramming requirements\u201d refers to a request to \u201creprogram\u201d how an agency spends the money allotted to it by Congress. Morton\u2019s answer not only makes clear that he could have avoided releasing those detainees \u2014 70 percent of which had no criminal record<\/a>, he emphasized \u2014 but also supports the Republican argument that President Obama<\/a> already has the flexibility to handle the sequester. In fact, Republicans have invited the Obama administration<\/a> to \u201creprogram\u201d the sequester.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The amazing thing about the sequester is that it slowed down the rate of growth–this year’s budget<\/a> and next year’s budget will still be higher than the budget for the previous years. It is amazing to me that a budget can increase–everyone gets more money–but those who have more money are doing very public things to make the public notice their ‘pain.’ This is not about the good of the country–this is Obama Administration’s attempt to discredit the Republicans and win the 2014 mid-term elections. It would be nice if we had more people in Washington who cared about the country.<\/p>\n

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