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It’s Extremely Hard to Cut Government

It’s Extremely Hard to Cut Government
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
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A remarkable event happened this week, something I’ve dreamed about most of my professional life but has only now taken place. A panoply of government agencies actually experienced dramatic cuts in personnel. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has cut at least 10,000 and maybe as many as 20,000 jobs—the precise number is unclear—all in one fell swoop.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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