{"id":57468,"date":"2024-11-30T13:19:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=57468"},"modified":"2024-11-30T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T18:19:17","slug":"some-of-the-spending-cuts-are-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=57468","title":{"rendered":"Some Of The Spending Cuts Are Obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, The Epoch Times<\/a> posted an article about some of the federal budget cuts that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE<\/b>) <\/span>could investigate.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

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In a letter sent on Monday to DOGE advisors Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) outlined her \u201cinstruction manual\u201d of ways to eliminate government waste.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith $3 billion of interest being added to our national debt every day, the longer we delay tackling the problem, the further away the finish line gets,\u201d Ernst wrote in the letter. \u201cTo give you a head start, here are a trillion dollars\u2019 worth of ideas for trimming the fat and reducing red ink.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ernst pointed out that the cost of maintaining and leasing government buildings costs $8 billion every year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She noted that the federal workforce still works remotely and \u201cnot a single headquarters of a major government agency or department in the nation\u2019s capital is even half full.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ernst targeted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in her blueprint of cost-cutting targets. She cited her audit of the tax collection agency which revealed that 5,800 employees and contractors owe nearly $50 million themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawmaker also called for the DOGE to act as the \u201cGrinch\u201d on the government\u2019s end-of-year \u201cuse it or lose it\u201d spending spree which she called \u201cChristmas in September.\u201d The senator said that Sept. 20 every year marks the deadline for the federal government to spend money left over at the end of a fiscal year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the problem is baseline budgeting–your budget for next year starts with this year’s spending as the bottom line–thus the rush to spend all of your budget. Therefore, if you ask for a 10 percent increase and only get a 5 percent increase, you can say that you budget was cut 5 percent even though your budget grew. It’s very similar to the wife who goes shopping, spends $300, and tells her husband she saved $100.<\/p>\n

There is hope that we will finally see government spending cut in the upcoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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