Comments on: Senator Tom Coburn Seeks Public Input on Budget Cuts http://blog.newsok.com/politics/2011/10/05/senator-tom-coburn-seeks-public-input-on-budget-cuts/ Poltical and government coverage from NewsOK Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: beemish http://blog.newsok.com/politics/2011/10/05/senator-tom-coburn-seeks-public-input-on-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-22290 beemish Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:56:23 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/politics/?p=3673#comment-22290 No one needs to pay a living wage, people need to EARN A LIVING WAGE!!!

]]> By: Walmartramen http://blog.newsok.com/politics/2011/10/05/senator-tom-coburn-seeks-public-input-on-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-21429 Walmartramen Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:50:22 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/politics/?p=3673#comment-21429 People with no money, low pay killed our jobs. There is not need for jobs, no one is spending their own money. There is a lot of spending in food stamps, but the poor takes in more tax help than they pay out in taxes! We need people to get a living wage so they can live & stop bring us all down with them! Pay a living wage!!!!!

]]> By: Richard Scott http://blog.newsok.com/politics/2011/10/05/senator-tom-coburn-seeks-public-input-on-budget-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-18119 Richard Scott Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:48:17 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/politics/?p=3673#comment-18119 I don’t believe in freezing salaries without freezing prices. I personally have lost over $2000 in buying power in the last two years that I have not received a cost of living increase in my federal retirement. Health insurance, not including increases in copay and deductibles, and taxes increased and the so called zero inflation was a sham. How can you not include fuel and food when calculating inflation.
There is also a significant chance of 1980′s inflation rates returning in the near future. Freezing salaries for 3 years would put people out of there homes or as my family had to in the 80′ take on 2 extra jobs to make ends meet. But now there are no extra jobs to be had.

All that being said I greatly appreciate your trying to reduce spending and I voted in this survey all listed items but two.

Respectfully

Richard Scott

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