Sat, 03/16/2013 - 11:30am
From the comment sphere, we see the people clearly kicking this one back to the top. In the SmartPower era, people are very vocal about a number of things - particularly spending and ensuring that those doing the talking about cuts are actually cutting their personal budgets first. People do not seem to be willing to be inconvenienced as easily as before. We see this as well with the Yahoo! ban on telecommuting while its CEO has a nursery built to suit her needs. In a "bottom up" era, it may pay to be sensitive to these shifts and changes in tide, lest one could find him/herself on the rough end of them. In the meantime, shame Hollywood-Tech can't come up with a virtual offering/experience to help out in White House interest, no?
Among the latest political squables being reported? The White House has announced that all self-guided tours of the "people's house" have been cancelled until further notice due to budget cuts as a result of the sequestration. Given the fact that the White House is a publicly funded building, a new round of mocking has be administered towards President Obama. In his defense Obama says that this situation is not his fault. It is said that once the Secret Service had reportedly pulled some staff from the tours, the White House responded by closing the tours completely. Seems the issue comes down to saving on the overtime costs that this tour scenario apparently creates. Obama has said, "...to make sure that we've got White House tours that means that you got a whole bunch of families who are depending on a paycheck who suddenly are seeing a five percent or 10 percent reduction in their pay," Obama said. Let's see if the public is buying it.
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