To the Bone
November 29th, 2010 - 10:41 am
A two-year freeze on the pay of Federal workers? Too little, Mr. President, and too late. It should have been done two years ago, even if only as a symbolic gesture to show that Washington was sharing some of American’s pain.
But now? Now across-the-board cuts are required. Pay needs to be reduced by at least ten percent — a trifle, considering Federal workers earn double their private sector counterparts in pay and benefits. And a headcount reduction of ten percent, too — which is another trifle, considering the hiring spree this Administration has been on.
Maybe we could start with those 16,000 IRS agents about to be hired to enforce the “these aren’t taxes” provisions of Obamacare.
And this will be it for “spending cuts”. Whenever anyone raises the issue again the Administration will point to this and say “we are already making the necessary sacrifices. Next question…”.
It’s all a fart in a thunderstorm anyway. Until entitlements are eliminated (yes, I said eliminated) and military spending brought under control (the procurement system is absolutely insane and riddled with graft, and if we’re going to defend foreign countries we need to bill them for it) this is all just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.