And they should emphasize this by insisting that the cuts then required be made up just the way private industry does, when the bitter pill must be swallowed, LAYOFFS.
If that means a 10% across the board personnel cut, SO BE IT.
If these cuts are made by pissed off autocratic beyoo-ohcratz to the meatand bone of depts instead of FAT to punish the know nothings who elected the congressional know nothings, resulting in decreased performance by those depts, CUTS SHOULD BE MADE EVEN FURTHER, and other entities which DO function should inherit the functionality as the govt is COMPELLED to shrink.
And all this is still to just STOP the increase in the debt, NOT REDUCE IT.
Sometime in the next 24 months, the interest on the national debt will exceed the ENTIRE defense budget.
The USA IS THE FAMILY YOU READ ABOUT that has to negotiate an interest payment only mortgage just to stay in the house a bit longer.
Radical action is MANDATORY.
MANDATORY.
That's the way it is.