[anniegetyourgun]

A significant decision, indeed. Here's to hoping he can find other salary savings in government through not backfilling on attrition, lots of job elimination through finding overlaps in the Homeland Security mergers, rooting out waste, fraud and abuse at all levels, instituting automated internal audit systems, etc.

This type of re-inventing government can have a major impact on budget and efficiencies given the cost of labor in the federal government. It's something AlGore never dreamed of when he was asked to take a look-see at the management of government. Perhaps he was too busy wiring schools to the internet he invented.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"It's something AlGore never dreamed of when he was asked to take a look-see at the management of government.
Perhaps he was too busy wiring schools to the internet he invented."

LOL!!!

[caltrop]

Yes, a very good move. I wonder if this year's savings will be sufficient to cover this year's salaries of the new hires at the expanded Department of Education.

[muawiyah]

In all reality the only federal employees who should be paid at all are postal workers. At least there you have folks doing something other people pay for.

Right?

Run that salary schedule down to zero and the work will still get done as folks like you will volunteer your time no doubt.

Maybe we could make government jobs like being on a jury - they just call you in, give you $15 per day, and you get to make the big decisions.

[maui_hawaii]

Hopefully the Homeland Security Office will either A) expose major overlaps (inefficiencies) among various agencies and get rid of them. This will hopefully reduce the size of government.

or...

If the actual numbers of people working are not reduced, more will be in front line positions doing something useful. Those 10 accountant jobs can be turned into 10 extra people riding around in Coast Guard boats patrolling the shores.

[yoe]

It's something AlGore never dreamed of when he was asked to take a look-see at the management of government. Perhaps he was too busy wiring schools to the internet he invented.

That and giving the "Gore Tax" to AT&T for the wiring of rural schools...it is still on your AT&T bill under someother guise, never was removed!

I hope this means that the Congress and Senate will not be granted another pay raise also. A promising step by this President and a resounding one for the American people who are not tied to the Federal tit.

[RightOnline]

Agreed........but I wonder how these same Gubmint employees feel after hearing this, then reading about the new expenditure of untold billions on AIDS research.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I don't recall Reagan slashing anyone's pay. I'd call it something major, myself. God bless Bush. I have only one major gripe: privacy infringement while our borders are left wide open for WMD.