10% of the budget could be cut with no noticeable effect. I say get rid go Education, Commerce, EPA. I like DeVos/Pruitt but they can leave in romantic fashion.
NASA, which is a civilian federal government department has become so overwhelmingly infected and contaminated (read weaponized) with radical climate change militants from the top down, the only resolution is to totally dissolve it and start over. I give you the United States Space Force. Control will be under the Commander-in-Chief through the Pentagon. Trumpian corporate re-organization when something is totally blowed up and it needs a chapter 11.
“10% of the budget could be cut with no noticeable effect. I say get rid go Education, Commerce, EPA. “
As a first step eliminate Labor, Agriculture, Education, Commerce, Transportation and HUD as well as most programs of the EPA and HHS. Let the individual states determine if they wish to keep and fund the programs benefiting their states. Merge the National Forest Service (from Agriculture) into the National Park Service. Merge Veterans Affairs into the Defense Department for administrative savings and to show the full cost of national defense. Privatize the Postal Service, Amtrak, Rural Electrification and Telephone systems, the air traffic control system, the national weather service and other business activities of the government. Repeal Obamacare and eliminate the 100+ agencies created by Obamacare.
With the remaining agencies, eliminate 10% of the payroll across the board. A straight 10% headcount reduction is standard practice for any new CEO taking responsibility for a turnaround. It results in real savings, forces managers to prioritize and sends the surviving employees a powerful message when dead wood and slackers are sent packing. Eliminate all bonus payments and raises to federal employees for a year to reinforce the austerity message.
Eliminate inflated baseline budgeting (base spending plus a growth factor). The baseline for budgeting must be the previous year spending.
Give the agencies one year to analyze the effectiveness of their programs and prioritize them in order of importance/benefit. Using these lists, in the next budget cycle cut the bottom 20%. Require all discretionary spending to be approved by the cabinet secretary and a list of each discretionary spending item, including the amount spent and non-government organizations receiving funds to be published immediately on the department’s website for the public to review.
Institute quantitative measures for bonus payments to government employees. Set the targets to discourage the practice of wastefully spending money at year end in order to use up appropriations. Pay bonuses for actual cost savings and for finding efficiencies that result in budget surpluses.
Change work rules which today make it impossible to fire unproductive, insubordinate, and incompetent employees. Set up review boards that allow due process hearings to eliminate pensions for criminal activity by employees.
Hold cabinet secretaries accountable. Require a public year end report from each secretary, similar to the annual report issues by corporate CEO’s, in which the cabinet secretary covers the results of the year, spending against budget, and both the accomplishments and shortcomings of the department.
“10% of the budget could be cut with no noticeable effect. I say get rid go Education, Commerce, EPA. “
As a first step eliminate Labor, Agriculture, Education, Commerce, Transportation and HUD as well as most programs of the EPA and HHS. Let the individual states determine if they wish to keep and fund the programs benefiting their states. Merge the National Forest Service (from Agriculture) into the National Park Service. Merge Veterans Affairs into the Defense Department for administrative savings and to show the full cost of national defense. Privatize the Postal Service, Amtrak, Rural Electrification and Telephone systems, the air traffic control system, the national weather service and other business activities of the government. Repeal Obamacare and eliminate the 100+ agencies created by Obamacare.
With the remaining agencies, eliminate 10% of the payroll across the board. A straight 10% headcount reduction is standard practice for any new CEO taking responsibility for a turnaround. It results in real savings, forces managers to prioritize and sends the surviving employees a powerful message when dead wood and slackers are sent packing. Eliminate all bonus payments and raises to federal employees for a year to reinforce the austerity message.
Eliminate inflated baseline budgeting (base spending plus a growth factor). The baseline for budgeting must be the previous year spending.
Give the agencies one year to analyze the effectiveness of their programs and prioritize them in order of importance/benefit. Using these lists, in the next budget cycle cut the bottom 20%. Require all discretionary spending to be approved by the cabinet secretary and a list of each discretionary spending item, including the amount spent and non-government organizations receiving funds to be published immediately on the department’s website for the public to review.
Institute quantitative measures for bonus payments to government employees. Set the targets to discourage the practice of wastefully spending money at year end in order to use up appropriations. Pay bonuses for actual cost savings and for finding efficiencies that result in budget surpluses.
Change work rules which today make it impossible to fire unproductive, insubordinate, and incompetent employees. Set up review boards that allow due process hearings to eliminate pensions for criminal activity by employees.
Hold cabinet secretaries accountable. Require a public year end report from each secretary, similar to the annual report issues by corporate CEO’s, in which the cabinet secretary covers the results of the year, spending against budget, and both the accomplishments and shortcomings of the department.