These tough times call for sacrifice. So the Obama administration has embarked on a belt-tightening plan that sounds, to some veteran federal budget watchers, like fodder for a Jay Leno monologue.
The Education Department will eliminate a Bush-era "education policy attaché" based in Paris -- the one in France -- whose annual salary, housing allowance and business expenses exceed $630,000. Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs will forgo their training junkets to hot spots such as Nashville and satisfy themselves with videoconferencing. - CBS News Story
The fact is, this stuff needs to be done. It is absolutely the right thing to do. They need to do anything and everything possible to cut costs.
The Problem is, Obama made this a big part of his first Cabinet Meeting and has tried to sell it as an Earth Shattering move on their part to help with the Massively Growing Budget Deficit. It is not. $100 Million in a deficit that is in the $1 Trillion + range is talking mere saving pennies.
This is not the Bold new Government and this is not real savings. If you were talking $100 Billion then you are making head way. This is like me coming home from and telling my wife that I have cut out $5 from our monthly budget and then touting it as a huge savings for us and a big turning point in our life.
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