The President steps to the podium and announces the following Executive Order:
With the exception of the military, all federal agencies will find their budgets trimmed by 10%, effective tomorrow. If you are not capable of providing the same, or better, service within this budget, you will be replaced by someone who can.
Have a nice day.
“With the exception of the military, all federal agencies will find their budgets trimmed by 10%, effective tomorrow. If you are not capable of providing the same, or better, service within this budget, you will be replaced by someone who can.”
I would totally revise their missions, under law, and even eliminate some (like HUD and the Ed Dep), and after that I would cut all their remaining budgets in half (outside the DOD).
Even for the DOJ I would tell them to quit doing prosecutions for federal laws that are duplicated by laws in the states - leave the issues to the states. I would tell Congress I want a bill that puts that into law - cutting out “federal” “crimes” that are mere duplicates of crimes covered by state laws, and demand Congress quit making such duplicates just to appear they are “being tough on crime”.