Going forward, every little dollar in government spending has to be accounted for. Federal budgets have to be slashed and we should fire twice as many federal workers as England did. (they just fired 500,000)
But then many will say Emperor Obama 'deservces' this - why, dunno, but some are cool with the ontentaious display. Not me
As for the Brits. Those layoffs will come over the next two years. It's a start.
As for 'firing all the damn Govt employees' meme - just remeber that next time you stand in line for 4 hours at the DMV.... cutting where needed and possible, yes - wholesale cuts, maybe not so much.