Posted on 01/20/2011 7:30:44 AM PST by jackspyder
The federal workforce might first feel the wrath of the new GOP-run House’s budget cuts as a 10 percent reduction in the amount of government employees tops the list of $150 billion in slashes Congressman Kevin Brady, Texas Republican, is recommending. Brady’s cuts would shrink the annual budget deficit by about 12.5 percent.
In his “Cut Unsustainable and Top-Heavy Spending (CUTS) Act of 2011,” Brady pushes for a “start” to spending cuts in Washington. Recommendation for spending cuts include the 10 percent Washington workforce reduction, immediate cuts to the White House and congressional Budgets and the elimination of several “obsolete” programs, as Brady calls them. Some of the “obsolete” programs include the “Safe and Drug Free Schools” program, “Public Broadcasting funding,” and the LEAP college scholarship program.
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i would certainly consider it. wanna be my campaign chair?
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