Posted on 01/17/2017 6:49:57 AM PST by Enlightened1
Making good on a promise to slash government, President-elect Trump has asked his incoming team to pursue spending and staffing cuts.
Insiders said that the spending reductions in some departments could go as high as 10 percent and staff cuts to 20 percent, numbers that would rock Washington if he follows through.
At least two so-called "landing teams" in Cabinet agencies have relayed the call for cuts as part of their marching orders to shrink the flab in government.
The cuts would target discretionary spending, not mandated programs such as Medicare or Social Security, the sources said.
The spending reductions are expected to be used to help pay for Trump's plan to boost the Pentagon's budget, tax cuts and some pet projects, potentially including the anti-immigration wall on the nation's southern border.
The teams also are looking at staffing cuts over four years through attrition, a hiring freeze and reorganization.
The plan is winning cheers in conservative, anti-tax and anti-spending corners in Washington that have long sought massive cuts in the bureaucracy.
Presidents rarely cut spending, choosing freezes instead. In the meantime, federal spending has reached historic levels. Trump has picked a budget hawk, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, to head the Office of Management and Budget, a clear sign that spending cuts are a top priority.
Still, Trump is likely to face a wall of opposition from Democrats and federal unions who consider much of the federal workforce on their side.
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Just start the ball rolling. Start with any new gubmint jobs added by jug ears.
The biggest expense is entitlements, they use nearly 100% of the personal income taxes collected. The rest of the government runs on borrowed money.
This has a lot of unintended consequences beyond money.
It forces departments to prioritize tasks and weeds out poor managers. There will be accountability.
Will money still be spent on seminars not to hurt gay gender feelings? Which bath room perverts should use?
Appears you don't. The Romans killed one in 10. That is 10%. 20% staff reduction would be a vigintimate?
MAGA
“I won”
BOOM!
except to working minority single moms?
10% spending cuts is a drop in the bucket. Try for 50%.
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why not?
go for it.
I’ve always thought that instead of encouraging pork barrel spending so a rep can justify his or her reelection they should pay a commission to the Congressional districts that reduce the most waste, so instead of getting a spending bill passed with your pork project in it you eliminate a billion in waste to get your district 10 million
Just reducing the rate of increase has led to enormous legislative battles.
Actually cuts in spending (much less 50%, which yes is vital) will lead to legislative total war.
Yes! Correct use of the word!
Hope you forgot the “/s”.
See #30.
House Republicans revive obscure rule that allows them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/house-republicans-revive-obscure-rule-that-could-allow-them-to-slash-the-pay-of-individual-federal-workers-to-1/2017/01/04/4e80c990-d2b2-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html
The revival of the Holman Rule was the brainchild of Rep. H. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), who is intent on increasing the powers of individual members of Congress to reassign workers as policy demands.
Griffith: “Who runs this country, the people of the United States or the people on the people’s payroll?”
Obviously he was referring to the 10% spending cuts. I don’t care what the actual personnel numbers are, what matters is reducing absolute spending numbers.
Call them "Go Green Teams". Trump is just reducing Fedzilla's massive carbon footprint to save the Earf. It will confuse the libtards.
I sure did!
Good start. Keep reducing year by year.
Eliminate entire agencies and boards. 10% budget cut and 20% job cut should be PER YEAR. . .
Federal workers earn 175% the average salary. A 40% cut would be a better starting point.
100% correct
The current services baseline is probably the biggest tool the ruling class has to keep control. Almost impossible to actually cut Govt. while it is place. Being a businessman Trump knows all about Baseline Budgets. I think Trump needs to stop telegraphing his plans and just do it starting Jan 21. If he was talking a 1% cut they would be screaming about his cruelty so he might as well go for some real cuts. Pretty obvious this is going to be very ugly ride.Trump is a force to reckoned with but he is going up against 1000 ton hydra.
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