Not surprisingly, this assault on government spending and employment will have real consequences for the economy and job creation. All of this takes us back to the starting point — we are talking policy here. Whose interests are served by these trends? via The Austerity Agenda and Public Employment » Sociological Images.

Shrinking the federal workforce does not necessarily save money but it can degrade government services to the public, a coalition of federal employee professional associations has said.

via Federal downsizing can degrade services, workers coalition says.