People have been saying this for a long time.
Also the very high salaries of academics need to be constrained, and all the variuous ways the taxpayer funds the Left. Many many more ways than are generally known.
But nobody has come up with a detailed plan, such as --- what committees or congresscritters control this funding?
How to let them know about taxpayer displeasure?
I guess we are waiting for an expose in the form of a book?
"How to let them know about taxpayer displeasure? I guess we are waiting for an expose in the form of a book?"
I have a tough suggestion: lasso a paycut vow out of 2006 candidates. If spending is not cut outside of NOLA rebuilding efforts and the war on terror, congress pay checks AND staffing budgets would be automatically reduced. If congress can't find a way to cut wages of government workers, their own pay checks and staff budgets should be slashed.
People absolutely love the thought of cutting a senator's paycheck. And even more motivated would be the staffers, who would gleefully find ways to keep their own pay checks safe if endangered. The staffers are the real key. They know the ins-and-outs better and are less bogged down with fundraising, events, etc. Cobbling the two together would unite the congress members with the staffers in a common cause.
And the public would be yanking at the leash to slash them for the slightest excuse, so much so that this may not work as we might plan it to.
I see a good foundation for a plan development right here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1486367/posts?page=19#19