http://coffman.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355:september-16-2010-coffman-introduces-federal-furlough-bill-to-save-taxpayers-55-billion&catid=36:latest-news&Itemid=10
Oh welcome to the real world!
It would seem Coffman actually understands that we have a situation getting ready to blowup in our faces from excessive spending that we don't have.
I would think they would also start cutting out all of that fat that Congress has been use to sucking up to, such as excessive travel to, the booze bills, Nancy's private plane, and just off the top of my head.
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) this week introduced a bill that would subject federal civilian employees to a two week furlough in 2011 and reduce salaries of members of Congress by 10 percent saving taxpayers more than $5.5 billion. The bill, H.R. 6134, is a one year measure to reduce federal spending and combat the unsustainable deficit spending in Washington.
Introducing his bill, Coffman remarked, “Currently, at least 24 states, and nearly three quarters of a million workers, are undertaking a budget-cutting maneuver that I believe we should institute at the federal level: short term employee furloughs. These states, across the nation, along with city and county government counterparts, recognize that occasional worker furloughs are necessary to cut budgets and hold down spending. It also has the benefit of ensuring that federal workers are not sheltered from the realities of life in today’s economy.”
