Department of Government Efficiency

[hurley842002]

None of it will amount to a thing compared to the big three- Social Security (1.3B), Medicare and Medicaid (1.7B) and welfare (780B), and no one is willing to touch those entitlement programs.

National defense could surely use a trimming (820B) but as what cost?

Total Federal payroll is around 280B so even firing everyone would do very little to affect the 6.75T spending.

Screw it, I guess we just keep spending like we have been. Some of you won?t be happy no matter what.


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[eddiememphis]

Big 5 now... the interest on the debt being one of them...

True but you can't lower the interest due through a mandate or new department. Need to cut the deficit spending first.

Screw it, I guess we just keep spending like we have been. Some of you won?t be happy no matter what.

I certainly haven't said that. Any cut in spending is generally a good idea.

A billion here, a billion there... pretty soon we're talking real money.

However, without addressing entitlements, they will still be over budget.

Total Federal tax income is around 4.5T. Spending is near 7T.

That spending gap will not be closed by shutting down the department of education and firing 80,000 IRS employees, although that is a great place to start.

Where is Tom Sowell when we need him?