Planning a Freeze
Fred Thompson may understand that the real money in deficit reduction comes from entitlements reform, but apparently he's not going to be able to resist the temptation to package together some more conventional attack-the-bureaucracy proposals aimed at burnishing his small-government credentials.
In the Wall Street Journal's opinion section today, Kimberly A. Strassel writes, "According to a campaign source, in upcoming weeks Mr. Thompson will unveil plans to reduce federal spending by limiting nondefense growth to inflation, earmark reform, and a one-year freeze on the hiring of non-essential civilian workers and contractors."
Of course, that "non-essential" part, if it turns out to be true, is a rather gigantic loophole.
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good for him he has my vote!!!
dan ketter Posted Monday, December 3, 2007 10:33 AMIs "President" a non-essential? jejeje
cruiser9806 Posted Monday, December 3, 2007 11:41 AMwhat a joke. May I suggest a freeze on essential workers.
rh Posted Tuesday, December 4, 2007 11:28 AMDidn't we try this trick in the early 80s?
Didn't it screw up the Government in fun ways now - with a nice big gap in the workforce?
John Penta Posted Tuesday, December 4, 2007 12:40 PM