[GeronL]

we don't need more government employees, we need about 80% less. That ain't the kind of service this country needs.

OK, you could be a soldier or something.. =o)

[JennysCool]

we don't need more government employees, we need about 80% less.

Oh, man, is that true! Used to have a friend in one of the government agencies around here, and I witnessed the week they spent decorating the office for Christmas.

Government agencies have become daycare for college graduates.

[MIT-Elephant]

"we don't need more government employees, we need about 80% less. That ain't the kind of service this country needs."

That should be a qualified statement. We DO need more/better government employees in human intelligence, research projects, policy analysis and those sorts of civil service.

As far as regulatory bureaucrats, I'm a bit more skeptical that we need swaths of those.