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Originally Posted by Ustwo
First question is are these CUTS or are they cuts in the rate of spending INCREASE.
<b>The only true cuts I know of in the last 20 years were Clintons military spending cuts, as in the military had less money to do stuff after the cuts than the year before.</b>
All the other 'cuts' were really reductions in the rate of increase which means the organizations had MORE money than the prior year, just not as much as they were first budgeted for.
Without even looking into it, I'm willing to bet this is the case here.
I hope I'm wrong though, we really do need real cuts across the board. This is my primary gripe with the republicans, they have only slowed the rate of government expansion, but they have not reversed it. This is not why they were voted into office in 1994.
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The CBO Federal non-defense civilian employment stats from 1985 to 2000,
tend to make your statements seem inaccurate. What kind of research did you perform before you posted assertive statements about the growth of the federal government in the 1990's. Employment groowth seems to be a reliable indicator oof overall government growth trends. Employment numbers seem immune to inflation and budgeting constraints in discretionary spending.
What can you offer, ustwo, to back up your claims? Federal employment grew during Reagan's second term and Bush 41's term....and then..........
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http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index...nce=0#tableA-1
Non-Department of Defense Agencies (Not including postal service)
(iin thousands)
1985 1,187.2
1986 1,175.5
1987 1,180.8
1988 1,212.8
1989 1,226.6
1990 1,349.0 Commerce Dept. Employment Increases from 39.5 (1988) to 155.9 - Census Workers
1991 1,272.2
1992 1,301.2
1993 1,304.1
1994 1,279.0
1995 1,248.7
1996 1,211.0
1997 1,188.5
1998 1,187.2
1999 1,205.5
2000 1,328.1 Commerce Dept. Employment Increases from 39.5 (1998) to 205.5 - Census Workers
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In 1985, there were 1,187,200 federal employees in the civilian, non-defense related category. Avoiding temporary Commerce Dept. employment increases in 1990 and 2000, there were 1,301,200 federal employees in 1992, an increase of 114,000 or nearly ten percent in the seven years since 1985.
In 1999, seven years later, there were 1,205,500 federal employees in the same category; a decrease of 96,000 vs. the 1992 total, a decreasee of 7.4 percent.