Opus 2017-260: Headlines: Reformers Who Aren’t

The president is doing what he can to cut government bloat.  The first day in office he instituted a hiring freeze.  Now we are told that it is not popular with reformers.  At least that is what the Washington Times headline implies.  The actual content of the article points out the usual techniques and roadblocks.

The person quoted as telling us this is a bad idea is someone named Donald F. Kettl.  All it tells us about him is that he is a professor at the University of Maryland.  What it doesn’t tell you is that he is associated with the Brookings Institute (read liberal) and went to Yale.  I am sure he is a fine fellow but I doubt if he approves of anything that would reduce the size of the federal government especially one that targets the EPA.

Then we get to the real problem.

“Chris Edwards, director of tax policy at the libertarian Cato Institute and author of “Downsizing the Federal Government,” said Mr. Trump will need cooperation from Congress to significantly shrink the federal workforce.”

Trump has done his part.  He has expected congress to do theirs.  That will probably not happen until the next round of elections in 2018.

Vote the suckers out.

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