OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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This is not a trivial issue in my area.

• FIRE SUPPRESSION

There’s a similar game going on with federal funding to fight forest fires.

“(The budget) fully funds wildland fire preparedness and suppression activities at $2.4 billion, 100 percent of the 10-year average for suppression operations,” the budget outline states.

That’s not out of line with prior budgets, but it doesn’t address a problem that Western lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been trying to solve in recent years: “fire borrowing.”

It’s precisely the use of the 10-year average that has been criticized by Western governors, congressmen and the U.S. Forest Service for causing fire borrowing — meaning that the Forest Service runs out of money in its fire budget and has to take money out of other forest management activities to pay for firefighting. That in turn has meant the agency has been able to devote fewer resources to, among other things, fire prevention.

A 2015 Forest Service report warned that the agency was at a “tipping point,” and the excess costs of fighting recent mega-fires were crippling its ability to manage forests.

“This trend of rising fire suppression costs is predicted to continue as long as the 10-year average serves as the funding model and presents a significant threat to the viability of all other services that support our national forests,” the report concluded.

Fire costs have been rising steadily for years and are projected to continue rising. For many years, using the average of the last 10 years of spending has usually meant that wildfire suppression was underfunded.

The most popular solution — called a “cap adjustment” — favored by many including Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is to set aside a bit under $900 million that the Forest Service could access in years where fire costs are especially high, leaving untouched at least some funds meant for forest management. The proposal has sparked several bipartisan bills with a growing list of supporters, and Barack Obama included it in his 2016 proposed budget.

But the cap adjustment isn’t in Trump’s budget outline. And with a 21 percent cut proposed for the Department of Agriculture, of which the Forest Service is a sub-agency, and a 12 percent cut proposed for the Department of the Interior, of which the Bureau of Land Management is a sub-agency, there would be less non-fire budget to borrow from.

http://www.postregister.com/article...16/trump’s-budget-could-impact-eastern-idaho#

http://dakotafreepress.com/2017/03/17/trump-leaves-wildfire-control-underfunded/
 
The erosion of democracy is starting to accelerate.

President Trump is now talking about consolidating his own power
http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/President-Trump-is-now-talking-about-11108987.php

"You look at the rules of the Senate, even the rules of the House - but the rules of the Senate and some of the things you have to go through - it's really a bad thing for the country, in my opinion. They're archaic rules. And maybe at some point we're going to have to take those rules on, because, for the good of the nation, things are going to have to be different."
 
PunkKitty said:
Donald Trump blames constitution for chaos of his first 100 days
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He blamed the constitutional checks and balances built in to US governance. “It’s a very rough system,” he said. “It’s an archaic system … It’s really a bad thing for the country.”

of course the constitution is a "rough system". it's purpose is to hobble dictator wannabes. and it is THE BEST thing for the country, because it does exactly what it is supposed to......stop assclowns like you from taking over the country and do what ever the fuck you want.

thank you Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Monroe, Adams (2), Revere........
 
Tig said:
The erosion of democracy is starting to accelerate.

President Trump is now talking about consolidating his own power
http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/President-Trump-is-now-talking-about-11108987.php

"You look at the rules of the Senate, even the rules of the House - but the rules of the Senate and some of the things you have to go through - it's really a bad thing for the country, in my opinion. They're archaic rules. And maybe at some point we're going to have to take those rules on, because, for the good of the nation, things are going to have to be different."
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more proof that the gop is on a path to call a constitutional convention, and radically change it.....into what will be a dictatorship. it is their only purpose now, no matter how has to be done.
 
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mongooz said:
He blamed the constitutional checks and balances built in to US governance. “It’s a very rough system,” he said. “It’s an archaic system … It’s really a bad thing for the country.”

of course the constitution is a "rough system". it's purpose is to hobble dictator wannabes. and it is THE BEST thing for the country, because it does exactly what it is supposed to......stop assclowns like you from taking over the country and do what ever the fuck you want.

thank you Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Monroe, Adams (2), Revere........
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Y'know, it's the first speech I've ever heard him make where I've agree with him; the US federal government's system is absolutely archaic, and the filibuster is completely ridiculous.

That said, this is the absolute worst time in history to try to change that, since all three branches of that government are some combination of incredibly stupid or outright crazy.

Changes right now would not be for the better.
 
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