Now that’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout
Sanity.......
It’s a start....but MSNBC will call Sen. Paul a fearmongering foolhardy cutting racist homophobe and the LoFos will believe it.
DOA in the Senate.
Looks good to me.
” Reduce Federal-Employee Travel by 25 Percent ($2.25 billion per year)”
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Will the Obamas’ excursions be included?
I’m not opposed to Rand’s plan, but would only note that reducing salaries by 16% is roughly equivalent to the sequester plan of laying off the DOD workforce one day a week. So, from a fed employee perspective, SEN Paul would basically furlough their salary one day a week, but require them to show up for work anyway.
Just sayin’
good ideas, sequester bill from Rand Paul
Let’s DO it!
Like his father, Rand makes more sense than most politicians...certainly most all Bureaucrats in general. Copy those cuts and send them to your Board of Supervisors, College Regents, City Fathers....it isn’t just Washington that is spending way too much.............
A good start.
This is what leaders do. Where is the House co-sponsor? This is how you expose Obama and the senate and house democrats for the obstructionist reprobates they are. Excellent way to position a much needed restraining order against Obama and begin preparations for the mid-terms.
Will Boehner respond?
Damned good bill, Rand. I love the no more Federal employees idea. Geez, that’s gotten out of hand!
Paul’s suggestions lack a most important aspect. We need to eliminate some agencies, not reduce their staff. Across the board percentage cuts result in ineffective agencies. Eliminate unnecessary agencies and adequately staff necessary agencies.
There is already a hiring freeze in the DoD.
Bring Federal-Employee Pay in Line with Private Jobs ($32 billion per year)
The average is heavily skewed upwards because most that is cost-of-living (i.e., housing) expenses associated with the DC area. Contractor pay is obscene in the DC area--should we cut that?. Would you be in favor of adjusting those gov't salaries to match the private industry when the economy takes off again (think late 1990s). Historically, gov't salaries were always lower than industry and it was a trade-off between stability (gov't) or higher pay (industry). The economy is just in a jacked-up place right now.
Reduce Federal-Employee Travel by 25 Percent ($2.25 billion per year)
There is currently a travel freeze in the DoD. Many conferences have already been canceled and the travel/hotel/airlines industry are getting hammered. Most contractors lack the ability to discuss classified information over the telephone or VTC; how do you want to handle this?
Focus Military Research on Military Needs ($6 billion per year)
Define research. What level of development? R&D is historically the smallest portion of the acquisition budget (~10%). Most of the money is spent on the operational phase of a weapon system.
Require Competitive Bidding for Government Contracts ($19 billion per year) The vast majority of weapons systems and contracts are competitive and not sole source and can have up to hundreds of subcontractors. There are pass-through limitations and small business participation quotas on just about every contract.
Boy, your article really brought out a bunch of turf protecting government bloodsuckers didn’t it? Who knew there were that many under workd gummint bureaucratic microbes even hanging around FR? I didn’t.
Boy, your article really brought out a bunch of turf protecting government bloodsuckers didn’t it? Who knew there were that many under workd gummint bureaucratic microbes even hanging around FR? I didn’t.
One more thing: limit the amount of money the WH family can spend in a year...for entertainment, travel, clothing, etc. I would venture a guess that the Obamas have spent more so far than the total all our presidents from JFK and on.
Are you kidding me? 85 billion reduction in the increase in spending is something to cheer about? Young Americans have been doomed by their parents and grandparents and someday they will come to understand that. However, it will be too late.
Kudos to him, though it’ll never see the light of day; if his own ‘leaders’ don’t undermine and stab him in the back.
He should have taken it further....How much would 0-based accounting have saved? Where’s the cuts in entitlements? Too little.
Reduce Federal-Employee Travel by 25 Percent
If I’m not mistaken, from my time contracting in Iraq, State Dept employees get around $3500 to travel with. Certain folks, like DSS agents, are required to fly 1st class. Not for security reasons, its what their union says they have to fly. However, as I’ve heard firsthand, some employees get to use that money to not only fly home, but to purchase other tickets so they can travel all over the place visiting friends and family. Nice to know that the taxpayer gets to pay for their vacation trips.