Posted on 01/10/2008 12:24:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson wants to curb government spending by halting federal hiring.
If elected, Thompson said, he would stop government agencies from acquiring new personnel for one year and his administration would perform senior-level assessments of agency priorities.
“This will give a new administration time to assess its personnel requirements in order to ‘right size’ the federal workforce,” according to a statement posted earlier this week on Thompson’s campaign Web site.
Two other candidates have promised to reshape the federal workforce. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he would not rehire half the positions that will be vacated after the baby boomer retirement wave hits in the next three years. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) said she would cut half a million contractors.
Thompson also promised to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of all federal programs in an effort to defund, combine or probate underperforming projects. The issue was spurred by the results of the Office of Management and Budget’s Program Assessment Rating Tool, which found many government programs moderately effective or ineffective.
The Bush administration responded similarly to PART results, eventually issuing an executive order Nov. 13 requiring all agencies to select performance improvement officers to be part of a Performance Improvement Council. The council will be charged with standardizing evaluation criteria, monitoring performance assessments and making policy recommendations.
So far, one of the few candidates we see measurable, specific plans form.
That’s also a page from the Reagan playbook ... one of the first things he did in office, AFTER cutting the IRS staff by a third.
Fred is the real deal. He states what he stands for!
AGREED! Yet the lemmings in the Repub party continue to break for Huckalame. WHY?!?
The first step should be to fire all of the holdovers from the ‘Toon administration.
Go Fred go!!!
Get on the Fred express!!
Notice how the only criticisms that conservatives can come up with for Fred is the tired old media line that he’s lazy? No one can rip him on his conservative credentials or plans except for supporting the anti first amendment bill otherwise known as McCain/Fiengold. Of which he has already apologized for and said it was wrong.
I sure like this idea! He has a good tax plan too. He needs to get the word out asap.
Because Iowa and NH allow independents to vote in the primary. As Rush says independents = Democrats that are unhappy with their own party but still pull the D lever when their vote really counts.
God told them? //sarc
Rush laid out a scenario that scared me for our nation today on his broadcast....the Huckabee/McCain alliance.
Beginning with himself.
Go Mr. 1%!
Iowa does not. But even amoung self-professed "strong conservatives", Fred trails McCain, Huck and Romney. This shows that voters are buying the B.S. that these three are slinging. Fred neets to educate these people, FAST!
Yawn. Wake me up when Fred wants to abolish entire agencies and departments. This is nothing more than a band-aid.
We don’t allow independents to vote in our caucus or primary in Iowa. You must declare as Rep or Dem to vote.
However, you can declare that night - there is no registration deadline. Most switch and then switch back a couple of days later.
Much better than just emptily shouting "Change!" and "Hope!"
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