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The joke is, the federal government isn't big due to employee headcount, it's big due to all the shit it spends money on. The headcount is only 2.87 million. Cu
by delfinom 2y ago
The joke is, the federal government isn't big due to employee headcount, it's big due to all the shit it spends money on. The headcount is only 2.87 million. Cutting that headcount isn't going to do a thing for "small government".
Meanwhile, between NY State and NY City, there are a total of almost 1 million government employees. I can tell where the inefficiency lies and it's not the fed headcount lol.
But who knows, maybe they'll finally cut social security and medicare that makes up 55% of the federal budget. We'll have rampant homelessness on every street from old people, just like the pre-1800s, but that's the vibe they are going for.
- RajT88 2y agoSS & Medicare is 36% btw: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... Healthcare system reform would go a long way to reducing those costs, if somehow we could muster the political will.
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoSocial security is self-funded from the social security payroll tax. If the tax collected isn't enough to fund it, maybe we could eliminate the cap on that tax for starters. Eliminating SS or cutting benefits is going to utterly screw millions of elderly.