Economy: Economic News, Policy & Analysis - The Washington Post: Could Paul Ryan’s cuts to the federal workforce cost taxpayers money?

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Could Paul Ryan's cuts to the federal workforce cost taxpayers money? Mar 21st 2012, 13:00 Paul Ryan's budget takes an ax to the federal workforce, reducing the head count by 10 percent by 2015, freezing pay and requiring workers to pay more into their pension plans. Ryan estimates that such changes will save $368 billion over the next decade and says the plan "reduces the bureaucracy's reach by applying private-sector realities to the federal government." But outside experts and advocates for the federal workforce say that simply focusing on reducing the head count and expenditure numbers fails to address the fundamental inefficiencies within the federal government and could hamper performance, ultimately costing taxpayers money in the process. Read full article >>

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