Finally! The Government Learns How to Budget Like Normal People

The Department of Defense is shedding 5-8% of its bloated civilian workforce, starting with 5,400 probationary employees, and imposing a hiring freeze. Why? Because the government is finally remembering that taxpayer dollars aren’t Monopoly money. Acting Under-Secretary Darin Selnick says the layoffs will focus on “efficiencies” and “readiness,” which is bureaucrat-speak for "we hired too many paper-pushers, and now it’s time to clean house." Of course, expect the usual outcry from the left about how this is "cruel" and "unfair," but regular Americans know that if you don’t do your job well in the real world, you get fired. Maybe the Pentagon finally realized that defense should be about, well, defense—not funding an army of clipboard-holders. Visit the article source for more.