Posted on 01/17/2017 6:49:57 AM PST by Enlightened1
The richest ZIP codes in the country are clustered around Washington DC... Not only are there too many government parasites, but they pay themselves VERY WELL.
DRAIN THE SWAMP
My suggestion is to get rid of the people who are simply coasting toward retirement. Institute a system that rewards motivation and results instead.
I am sure the people who are deadweight encompass more than 20%.
Include entire nearly useless (and unconstitutional) departments like Education, Energy, EPA, HUD, and Labor and fold what is genuinely necessary into other departments - even while cutting their size by 10% and 20%. Then, adjust downward from there.
Treat this like a business in bankruptcy because that is exactly the position this government is in.
Trimming the fat is a good thing.
Hopefully the end to “baseline” budgeting.
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Government funding is a giant shell came, where the taxpayer always loses.
“Actually higher than 10%. He wants spending cuts at 10% in addition to 20% cuts in personnel.”
“The cuts would target discretionary spending, not mandated programs such as Medicare or Social Security, the sources said.”
64% is non-discretionary. Another 6% is interest on the debt,.....just the interest. That leaves just under 30% that is discretionary. So 10% of 30% is a mere 3%. Not nearly enough to make a difference. We MUST attack the non-discretionary part of the budget.
Now a big help would be to start moving back to making Social Security untouchable. By that I mean if you contribute, the federal government can’t touch that money. They are stealing it now. Probably will never happen.
Almost a quarter of a TRILLION Dollars wasted on interest on the debt. Makes me sick.
Makes sense
Thanks for the ping. This could be the happiest news of the day!
It's a start.
I think I heard somewhere that Canada will not accept people who are useless to come in through their immigration system.
And are you killing every fifth employee?
Not me, but it is a thought.
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