Fireworks over furloughs?

Fireworks over furloughs?
Wounded Times Blog
Kathie Costos
July 12, 2013

Last week I was reading about how Camp Lejeune turned down free fireworks. After posting about twisted values in this country, when amusement seemed to matter more to the general pubic than what is happening to within the military, it was impossible to let this go.

While it is great that people stepped up and offered to donate money so that Camp Lejeune would shoot fireworks into the air, the money donated was not enough to cover the expenses.

There was something in the news report from The Jacksonville Daily news that clearly explained the disconnect between the public and the military.

“During a period in which federal employees are scheduled to be furloughed due to sequestration, expending limited funds and paying personnel overtime to manage a non-mission-essential event did not seem to be a prudent use of finite government resources,” said Fahy.

How can this not matter as much? How can people not hold Congress accountable for what they have done to the members of the military and civilians working in support of them? This report came out July 4th Camp Lejeune prepares for furloughs

The county simply spent more money on the fireworks they were doing, so no one really lost out except for the members of the military. When they have to do without because of budget cuts, when workers have to take unpaid time off and miss the income, none of it seemed to matter as much as celebrating the outcome of the Patriots taking a stand and risking their lives to obtain our freedom. Seems pretty twisted that the people responsible for retaining that freedom are suffering while the celebration meant more.