Ever notice when politicians cut spending it’s always at the end of the line where citizens have direct use of government provided services? They never make cuts further up the chain of command where citizens have no direct involvement and would never even notice. It’s ALWAYS down low with the people.
That was made clear during the last government shutdown when Obama shut down all the national parks and monuments along with many other popular programs.
He went out of his way to make the shut down as painful as possible for the citizenry hoping they would turn their anger on Republicans.