On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Rick Forrister wrote:
= [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
= > Although it may seem counter-intuitive to some, the Clinton-Gore
= > administration made considerable progress in reducing the size of
= > government. If memory serves, there was a net reduction of 300,000
= > positions in the Federal government. And of course the budget was
= > balanced and the national debt considerably reduced. I went looking
= > on the web just now for scrupulously non-partisan information on this,
= > but couldn't find it. If anyone has a link, would you please send it
= > my way.
=
=
= That 300,000 cut from the federal payroll is a bit of a smoke & mirrors
= operation. Where I work, and some friends at the V.A. ran into the
= same,
= the "cuts" consisted of terminating a large number of people and then
= rehiring them as contractors. That way, they're no longer on the
= "payroll",
= they're just a line item in overhead budget. Neat, Huh?
=
This was being done back in the '80s.
hth,
kf
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