Bill would propose a 10 percent cut in the federal workforce

[mahatmakanejeeves]

From yesterday; thus not LBN.

Bill would propose a 10 percent cut in the federal workforce

By Ed O'Keefe
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 11, 2011; 7:20 PM

A Texas Republican congressman wants to cut the federal workforce by 10 percent in the next decade, impose a three-year pay freeze across federal agencies and Capitol Hill, and trim government printing and vehicle costs.

Rep. Kevin Brady's bill, the Cut Unsustainable and Top-heavy Spending (CUTS) Act is the first detailed series of spending proposals introduced in the GOP-controlled House that targets government operations and the federal workforce. Democrats and federal employee unions have long expected the GOP to target domestic spending programs and the workforce in an effort to trim the federal deficit.

Brady chairs the Joint Economic Committee and is a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee - perches likely to put him at the center of Congress's forthcoming debate on government spending and deficits.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

1. increase unemployment & drown govt in a bathtub

wow, more great ideas from reptile brains

[jtown1123]

3. These people disgust me beyong belief. Let's add to the unemployment numbers, shall we?

[bluestateguy]

2. Tell you what

If they are all at the Pentagon, ATF, DEA, FBI and Bureau of Prisons we might have something to talk about.

[marmar]

4. Yeah, add 280,000 people to the unemployment rolls....brilliant.

Repug assholery knows no limits.

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. How about a 10% cut in war?

[cynatnite]

6. How about a 10% budget cut in guns, bombs, and so on...

I think that'd be better than kicking thousands of people off their jobs.