The country desperately needs massive cuts in the budget. The size and reach of government exceeds anything the Framers imagined. But it can't be done by axing the workforce. It has to be done by shrinking the PROGRAMS the workforce is assigned to administer. What we really need to do is step away from the welfare state model of federal spending. Indiscriminate cuts in the workforce simply will not solve the problem.
Thank you, Bill, for your comment. The debate over the size and scope of the federal government has been ongoing for many years and is worth continuing. But I'm hoping we can all (well, almost all) agree that indiscriminate cuts to the federal workforce is not the answer, regardless of your view on the efficacy of particular programs. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness and principled approach to all this.
The country desperately needs massive cuts in the budget. The size and reach of government exceeds anything the Framers imagined. But it can't be done by axing the workforce. It has to be done by shrinking the PROGRAMS the workforce is assigned to administer. What we really need to do is step away from the welfare state model of federal spending. Indiscriminate cuts in the workforce simply will not solve the problem.
Thank you, Bill, for your comment. The debate over the size and scope of the federal government has been ongoing for many years and is worth continuing. But I'm hoping we can all (well, almost all) agree that indiscriminate cuts to the federal workforce is not the answer, regardless of your view on the efficacy of particular programs. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness and principled approach to all this.