Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 01/09/2008 7:41:03 PM PST by Jay777
Congress has consistently refused to balance the budget and address the deficit. In fact, federal spending continues to grow at rates double inflation. This rate of growth in federal spending is not sustainable and must be brought under control. The following actions will result in better control of the growth of non-defense discretionary spending:
Limit Non-Defense Federal Spending to Inflation. Federal spending is expected to grow an average of 4.5 percent each year over the next five years. This growth is more than twice as fast as the estimated rate of inflation! Slowing the rate of growth in federal spending would help the federal government balance its books. Further cost savings can be achieved by limiting increases in the annual rates of growth for mandatory federal spending programs. Implement a One-Year Hiring Freeze Pending Completion of Federal Government Strategic Assessment. Initiate a senior-level Administration assessment of the federal government's activities to determine their proper alignment with national priorities. This assessment will permit a re-shaping of the federal government to best address these priorities. Until that assessment is completed, institute a one-year freeze on the hiring of all non-essential civilian workers and contractors. This will give a new Administration time to assess its personnel requirements in order to "right size" the federal workforce, commensurate with national priorities, to match staffing and contracting needs to agency responsibilities across the executive branch. Conduct a Comprehensive Cost-Benefit Analysis of All Federal Programs. Over the past few years, the Office of Management and Budget's Program Assessment Rating Tool has found that many federal programs are ineffective or only moderately effective. With the aid of rigorous cost-benefit analysis and relying on the Government Performance and Results Act, the President must work with Congress to determine which federal programs to eliminate, reduce, combine, or place on probation.
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Slick Willard LOVES mandates.
Fred Thompson ping!
An even bigger cost-cutting measure: abolish all federal agencies that are not explicitly authorized in the Constitution (as amended). E.g. FBI, NEA, HUD, the T, F and E of BATFE, CIA, and probably a hundred others. Leave the military, post office, secret service, and maybe a dozen others. EVERY other one gone. That would save a bundle!
Too bad someone that is electible isn’t saying these things.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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He could be if voters cared more about substance than style and Bible-thumping.
The Huckster has too many people convinced that he is something other that a tax hiking, illegal alien welcoming, nanny statist global warming sucker and religious bigot.
His only redeemeing quality is that he'd let us keep our guns to resist the Mexicanization of America.
Romney, in fact, deserves a lot of thanks for spending a lot of money to let people know just who the Huckster really is. Fred needs to build on the Huckster's negatives and take him down a notch.
Thank you for posting this. Fred is uniquely qualified to be addressing this issue.
Fred Thompson is the most qualified to do this cost cutting. He is the best on qualifications to be president, and that leads to electability. If the voters choose someone else who isn’t as qualified, that is their loss.
You have added absolutely nothing, intelligent or otherwise to the discussion, gramps. To come on here and make a stupid commment like that is unwelcome in the extrreme.
Stupidity is not held in high regard around here. Can I say more to make you feel unwelcome?
Take your unwelcome and snarky negativity on down the road, grumpy.
That’s it? That’s all you got?
She is a beautiful, intelligent woman. I hope and pray that Fred does well in South Carolina, this is who conservatives need to start lining up behind!
I like Fred more than the other “front runners” but he’s going nowhere in a hurry.
The conversation was about government mandates. Willard loves them; like his socialized medicine for example.
Too bad nattering nabobs of negatism permeate FR.
Sure is nice to finally hear a grown up speaking
I mean negativism, not negatism....dang!
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