I was really just quoting Keyhopper At #31 - this thread.
Still your points are valid but my 2 cents:
Gubmint since 2004? has just been budgeting with Continuing Resolutions with every budget just adding 5 to 10% increases to every department.
I’ve read that reversing that process, cutting say 2 cents per dollar across government as the economy grows debt can be cut significantly.
LABOR is what 60-70% minimum of department costs and gubmint workers are paid 120% (est.) over the private market?
Cut there - if the EEs don’t like it they can quit and go to the private market.
Sorry - gotta replace a sink before the games ... ;-)
Federal salaries are such a miniscule part of the budget. It’s focusing on the drop of the drop of the drop, etc. of the federal bucket. What will that accomplish?
Again, you can zero out the discretionary spending ($1.9 trillion) and we still go off the financial cliff. It’s truly not the problem!