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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Government has a spending problem not a revenue problem. I could cut 25 percent of the federal govt workforce and it wouldn’t make a difference to most Americans. Just a jobs program. So much wasteful spending.[/quote]

Ok, be specific, what would you cut?[/quote]

- I would cut the Department of Education, HUD, Labor, and the EPA in half for starters.
- I would scrutinize all government travel, fact-finding missions (boondoggles), etc. A lot of govt travel is unnecessary and with today's technology most can be done via video call.
- Eliminate compressed work schedules for the Federal workforce. This is the practice of working 40 hours in 9 work days so you basically get every other Friday off.
- Eliminate sick leave carry over for the Federal workforce. It should be use or lose on an annual basis. 
- Streamline the Dept of Commerce. Eliminate wasteful and bureaucratic regulations. Cut red tape and the govt jobs that support them.
- Cut the DoD civilian workforce by 25 percent. There's so much redundancy in the Pentagon. Completely rewrite the inefficient and costly defense acquisition process. Reward program managers for saving the govt money not for meeting their budget projections.
- Increase the size and the pay of the SEC workforce. Expand their surveillance and enforcement powers.
- Eliminate the carried-interest tax loophole.
- Reduce the authorized size of Congressional staffs.
- Etc.

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