[UnBlinkingEye]

I saw no expansion, per se. Instead Bush's reorg is likely to reduce government growth, since all of the homeland security stuff will be one agency, as opposed to every cabinet department having its own homeland security division.

A new cabinet position along with the attendant bureaucracy has just been announced, my guess is that tens of thousands will staff the new department.

[PoppingSmoke]

"I saw no expansion, per se. Instead Bush's reorg is likely to reduce government growth, since all of the homeland security stuff will be one agency, as opposed to every cabinet department having its own homeland security division."

Are you living on the same planet that I am? You cannot actually believe this?

[Festa]

Not necessarily true..while some new people were hired, I think advocates for a smaller government have some reason to smile..although not completely

What Bush is going to do is take all the security agencies from the transportation, treasury, etc and merge them into one so they can focus.

As with anything along this scale, congress can easily pervert so I am sure they will want x number of new employees. What Bush should do is try and weed out the unnecessary departments such as the education department which serves no purpose.

Festa