Problems in the Senate Restaurants

Please allow me a moment to adjust my tie, my glasses and my suit coat. Now I am ready to assent my soap box behind the bully pulpit. HELLO ARE YOU OUT THERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME. Good, the P.A. system seems to be working OK.

Did you see the small article that may not have made your news? Last week in the Porterville Recorder, the editorial page dated Wednesday, June 11, 2008 there was an editorial, “No subpar food for senators.” My quotes will be from this article unless otherwise stated.
It has come to light that the Senate Restaurants are and have been losing money, “they have lost $18 million since 1993, and are slated to lose $2 million this year.” These people who want to run our wars can not even make a restaurant break even? Those who operate our Federal assistance can’t even get a place to eat close to braking even? “Without an immediate $250,000 subsidy from tax payers they will not be able to make payroll.” Isn’t that nice, they need us, the tax payers, to subsidy their payroll. Where is the subsidy when you need help with the water, electric etc? Notice the word subsidy, not loan but the gift with no intent to repay! These restaurants “have lost money 37 out of the last 41 years they have been in business.” How can you or can you call it a business when there is no concern for the bottom line. OH! Remember that the taxpayer will give them a subsidy!

From the lips of Dianne Feinstein, “The food in the Senate eateries is ‘noticeable subpar.” The food is not good and they can’t even break even for the service they provide. What a way to do business!! These same people what to offer us care, “from the womb to the tomb.” My question is could apply the fine Senators words, “noticeable subpar,” to the service they provide?
I will give you three chances as to how they plan to solve this dire complication. These wonderful insightful people, our Senate has come to a conclusion for the solution of this problem. Are you ready for their answer? “Pretty much everybody of what ever ideological persuasion knows that the public sector works better that than the public sector.” YES, this wonderful intelligent group is going to allow the public sector to operate these restaurants. The term is privatizing the restaurants. They will no longer be under the control of our great senators. However there are some concerns from the senators, “some were wringing their hands over the possibility that the workers in the private company might be paid less and have to work harder then when the Senate ran the plantation.”

CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? Look these people that we elect to run our pharmaceutics, welfare, military, roads, and now they want to run our heath care, doctors and who knows what next. YET, they can not even keep a restaurant open without us, we, those better known as taxpayers giving them a subsidy. These who would like to help or watch over us and provide a protection from the womb to the tomb?? And they can’t run a restaurant!!

HELP