How many sq/ft of leased space by the govt is sitting around empty? Too much!
Reminds me of Newt’s Contract with America. Maybe these guys will actually cut something this time.
I would be careful with “exceptions.” It’s that thinking that got us here.
I have a family member who is a state trooper. He actually gets paid for three weekly sessions in a gym. Plus they have a workout room at the station.
I shake my head and ask which one he “needs” for his job.
Either we pay for stuff, or not. “Exceptions” and special adjustments can be a slippery slope.
And print ALL documents and forms in English ONLY. I get one page I can read, and throw away five. Paper and ink and postage cost money.
Desks and cafeterias are not Real Property.
Silly, this is down in the noise, and re not “real property”. They will focus on actual real estate that is surplus to needs.
And, “the people” need to be given a crash course in accounting.
There are “expenses” and “capital expenditures.” Cutting expenses means staff, transactions, and the spending you do on a daily basis. Capital is pretty much hardware and assets that are going to last for more than a year.
Rent, employees, cafeterias, etc are expenses. Buildings, furniture (that is owned, not leased), cars, computers, etc are capital expenditures. Selling them before they are fully depreciated could result in a chargeback against your expenses.
It’s funky, but it all applies to what the government is spending.
We should be focused on cutting staff and locations; not cutting cleaning services from 5 days to 3 days. The former will result in reductions in expenses and the capital budgets. The latter would not make a significant immediate difference.
Lots of buildings in Washington vacant since Covid .
Close them and sell the property
Return all federal land that is not being used for military or government use to the individual states to use as they see fit. This would be an economic boom for those states. Some states will use it wisely and others will screw it up. California, Oregon and Washington States will screw it up.
In the DOJ there is a $70k conference table.
A good example of how so many in D.C. act once they get a job there hey it’s not our money lets blow it on everything.
People who never earned their wealth have no idea how to spend it.
BTTT
That 70K conference table should be billed personally to whoever signed off on the order for it.
At a Government auction it might bring $400
“Apparently in the DOJ there is a $70k conference table. Seize this and replace it with folding tables and plastic chairs.”
Why? It’s probably a nice table.
A lot of federal office space is leased. Simply don’t renew the leases.
$70,000 CONFERENCE TABLE???
WHAT IS IT MADE OF????
“eliminating unnecessary staff to obtain long-overdue budget cuts”
The easiest way to eliminate staff is to have them report for work in offices.
A lot of really lazy people won’t show up five days a week.
I’m by no means against doing whatever can be done...but,
Flooding the market with used office furnishing will yield pennies on the dollar of the original bloated prices, and very little net savings. (The gov’t will soon enough buy new stuff at bloated prices as functions shift around and th pendulum swings). The big savings is in cutting personnel and counter-productive functions/grants/loans that exist to roll out the pork barrel.
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Gut the staff first. Everything else is just fuzz.
I would not recommend replacing it with the cheapest available as constantly having to replace it will lead to a false economy. Buy sturdy American made furnishing. Go to local auctions where used furniture goes for a good price. Even the local charity or thrift shop should be an option. Save money and support small business at the same time.