[Recon Dad]

that suggested the country doesn’t need more firefighters, police or teachers.

.....damn right we don't need any of the above if we can't pay for them and that does not mean the Feds should pay for them with borrowed money.
That's the liberal problem, they are devoid of a commonsense gene.

[airborne]

If we really want to cut the size of the government, let's START with an across the board 50% reduction in the people who work for our Congressmen.

Make our elected officials write their own bills, and not have hundreds of unelected policy wonks building thousand-page nightmares.

Then a 50% cut from all personal staff of same.

A good start, IMHO. The only problem will be the increase of unemployed, up from the current 10%. Maybe that will get people to want some of the jobs the "Americans won't do".