Monday, April 20, 2009

Cutting the Federal Budget

Obama instructed his cabinet to eliminate 100 million in spending.  While this is just a drop in the bucket, given how large (and undeniably bloated) our government spending has become, this is a step in the right direction. 

Here's hoping he exceeds that $100 million in cuts tenthousandfold.  In fact, I'd bet he could do it and not substantively reduce any good programs provided by the government.  Heck... you could probably weed out $300 billion from the military ALONE and not see any reduction in national defense. 

Examples of cuts (from CNN):

• The Department of Homeland Security's plan to save an estimated $52 million over five years by purchasing office supplies in bulk. 

• The Department of Agriculture's effort to consolidate 1,500 employees from seven locations into a single facility in 2011.  It's estimated to save $62 million over a 15-year lease.