When gov’t depts do their budget, they keep all unfilled positions open as if they are still needed, because if they don’t, they will not get as much money as they want. I used to work for a union (accounting) and they would raise hell about having to lay off employees and all the horrors during budget cut calls. But afterwards, I would ask how many people were getting laid off, and they would say, “oh, none, we just won’t fill some open positions in the budget”.
Yes but of course obama is anything but rational or effecent in his choice of cuts.