Reducing Waste in Washington

 George will go to Washington with a multi-pronged plan to put the nation's financial house in order. The details of these proposals may be found in our Bold Plan for America. They include the elimination of unused and underused federal properties and vacant lots which cost us billions in maintenance as well as abused and insufficiently monitored payments made by the government.

He will bring forward a proposal to reduce the current number of cabinet level departments from fifteen to eight, resulting in massive savings and a reduction in the size of government. George will also propose legislation to create a bi-partisan commission of business leaders and experts to make recommendations on reigning in out of control federal spending. This permanent commission would continually investigate waste and inefficiency, reporting regularly to Congress with proposals to cut costs and find new avenues of savings.

Unlike President Obama's suggestion of a panel to balance the budget, this group would not be able to force tax increases. Congress is responsible for balancing the budget. George's proposal is modeled on the Reagan era Grace Commission which found that more than one third of federal spending was wasteful and inefficient. Unfortunately its recommendations for curbing this waste were never enacted.