To: tonto who wrote (54519 ) 8/1/2011 3:39:04 PM From: John 1 Recommendation Respond to ...the savings across the state are beyond what most considered possible and the taxpayers are benefiting from this... Step 1 . Congress should determine how much money will be available for spending each year, without creating a deficit. You know -- like you, I, and millions of other Americans have to do each year without fail! Step 2 . Congress should have their budget teams work to define and allocate the appropriate percentages of the budget to the existing infrastructure. Please note that changes to the existing infrastructure, such as eliminating departments, is a separate issue that must be addressed independently. For example, I think that the Department of Education and the Department of Energy should be eliminated, but that debate should not happen while the budget is allocated. Eliminations and consolidations should happen annually before the budget is worked on. Step 3 . The directors who report to the departments, which in turn report to Congress, should be directed to allocate spending within his or her organizations to reflect the money that is made available to them by Congress. NOT ask directors how much they need. Congress must tell them how much they have to work with and force them to do their damned jobs of actually managing their organizations within the budgets provided! Directors who go over budget should be terminated -- and that does NOT mean "allowed to retire". It means that they must be FIRED for failing to do their jobs properly!
