[stephenjohnbanker]

We need to fire 500,000 federal employees. They need to work for a living like everyone else.

[familyop]

"We need to fire 500,000 federal employees. They need to work for a living like everyone else."

I would like to see it go much further. State and local regulations, fees, little tyrants and their racketeering associates do stand in the way of many thousands of potential new, small production starts. "Open space" is wasted space. ;-)

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."