Trump eyes 10 percent spending cuts, 20 percent slash of federal workers - thanks low income workers

[factfinder_77]

Insiders said that the spending reductions in some departments could go as high as 10 percent and staff cuts to 20 percent, numbers that would rock Washington if he follows through.

At least two so-called "landing teams" in Cabinet agencies have relayed the call for cuts as part of their marching orders to shrink the flab in government.

The cuts would target discretionary spending, not mandated programs such as Medicare or Social Security, the sources said.

The spending reductions are expected to be used to help pay for Trump's plan to boost the Pentagon's budget, tax cuts and some pet projects, potentially including the anti-immigration wall on the nation's southern border.

The teams also are looking at staffing cuts over four years through attrition, a hiring freeze and reorganization.

The plan is winning cheers in conservative, anti-tax and anti-spending corners in Washington that have long sought massive cuts in the bureaucracy.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/boom-trump-eyes-10-spending-cuts-20-slash-of-federal-workers/article/2612037

[sarcasmo]

1. Shocked that Paul Ryan hasn't already tried to slash the USPS or outsource the post office

to UPS and Fed Ex.

[Else You Are Mad]

5. Luckily

It is a constitutional requirement to have a federal postal service so they cannot do away with the USPS. That is why under G W Bush they made it so that the USPS had to fully fund the pension fund for 70 years in advance -- the GOP was trying to bankrupt the USPS.

[Tanuki]

2. Show us your tax returns, Orange Caligula. Maybe salaries and

programs wouldn't have to be cut if you and your loathesome ilk would pay your fair share for a change.

[Amishman]

3. OK, let's start with military spending first

We don't need a dozen aircraft carriers, each bigger than any other nation's.

[Else You Are Mad]

7. Then...

We should reduce all the corporate tax breaks.

[maxrandb]

9. Just saw the White Paper from John McCain's Armed Services Committee

recommending Defense spending increases of about 25% over the next 4 years.

He's recommending increase from $650B this Fiscal Year to over $817B in 2022.

How we will pay for all that, plus a massive corporate and top 1% tax-cut will require Tiffany Mirrors and Royal Smoke.

We are fucked.

They'll break the budget again (remember, deficits only matter when Dems are in charge) and leave us no choice but to make drastic cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Veterans Health Care, Veterans Pensions and the entire social safety net

[a kennedy]

12. But he's going to make yuuuuuuge increases to the Military ........

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/politics/donald-trump-defense-spending-sequester/index.html

[unblock]

6. yes! 8 years of job growth is too much! 'bout time we created some unemployment!

[ProfessorGAC]

10. You Know, Unblock

I'm not sure that the sarcasm tag was appropriate in this case. I think they actually might be thinking that, because remember there are classical (read Austrian) economics folks who believe that unemployment too low is a bad thing. (Of course, wholly disproven from 1994 to 2001)

I have no doubt that those kinds of economics "experts" are part of this crew's staff.

[unblock]

13. yes; i needed the emoticon just to make it clear *i* wasn't advocating that.

but yes, no doubt, many russopublicans want all manner of ills to fall on democrats, liberals, blacks, women, latinos, government workers, the poor, etc.

[Jacob Boehme]

8. Hope it's OK with his Cabinet when one of them is having a heart attack....

.... writhing on the floor screaming and they call 911, that no one answers because the budget cuts took them away.

[Johonny]

11. Pretty much

Gutting agencies will have consequences down the line. They all do important things. When these things aren't done you might not notice right away, but eventually you'll notice.

[NobodyHere]

14. I hope they look at the DoD

Lots of do-nothing civilian jobs over there. The military needs some fat trimmed.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Remember all those stories of Trump's men wanting the names of federal employees

who had worked on certain issues, like climate change? Guess who they'll find "surplus to requirements" ...