[Opinionated Blowhard]

Cutting $85 billion from a $3.7 trillion budget does not have to result in what you describe unless Obama wants it to. I am not trying to belittle your concerns. But they will only happen if Obama wants them to happen to make a political point. We can cut 2% or 3% from the federal budget without mass layoffs.

[muawiyah]

You could cut over 90% of the federal budget and not touch a single employee.

That, BTW, is the problem ~ it is recurring. We have presidents and their enablers who imagine that they can play with the bureaucrats 10 minutes and the public will think they've done something useful or meaningful.

I simply don't want any Freepers to be deluded by the smoke and mirrors.