OK so let's take Fiorina's plan. If 10% of your judges retire then what does that do to trials if you are handling the same caseload with fewer judges? Or fewer prosecutors? If 20% of the air traffic controllers retire then what does that do to the air traffic system in this country? If 15% of Fiorina's Secret Service detail retire then will she limp along with less protection? If 15% of the CIA or the NSA retire then what does that do to our security? If a fifth of your Border Agents retire then how do you seal the border? If 20% of the Department of Defense civilian workforce retire then what does that do to our military preparedness?
It's an asinine plan. It's the plan of the fifteen second sound-bite and not a rational idea for shrinking government. It's the kind of plan one would expect from Carly Fiorina.
I've already addressed this ridiculous straw-man argument. Congress determines the number of Article 3 judges - the president doesn't have to appoint them, but will know if he/she doesn't, the next president gets to.
It's the plan of the fifteen second sound-bite and not a rational idea for shrinking government.
Okay then. You tell me what YOU would do as president, on your own and within the constraints of the law and the Constitution, to decrease the size and scope of the federal government.