I want it to go on Weight Watchers and eat lean so we can all breathe a little more freely. That will help, not hurt, the marketplace.
What is your recommendation for what it should cut?
Federal cuts across the board for starters. Some departments can disappear, like Education, for example. Some things are better run at a state level. Government departments tend to grow, maximize their budgets and ask for more, over and over. It's the nature of the beast. The private sector has to make ends meet, government only needs to squeeze us harder.
Report: Redundant federal programs waste billions
WASHINGTON Redundant federal programs are leading to billions in waste, congressional auditors say, and the government is slow to adopt reforms to fix the problem.
The White House says President Obama recognizes the problem and will propose eliminating redundant programs in the budget plan he releases Wednesday.
Among the 31 areas of duplicative spending, spelled out in a report by the Government Accountability Office obtained by USA TODAY:
Government agencies are spending billions on new mapping data without checking whether some other government agency already has maps they could use.
At least 23 different federal agencies run hundreds of programs to support renewable energy.
Each branch of the armed services is developing its own camouflage uniforms without sharing them with other services.