Government Efficiency & Federal Spending
Workforce cuts, privatization, and dismantling agencies, weighed against public service as a trust and Congress's power of the purse.
6 questions
- Cutting Government Waste vs. Protecting Essential ServicesReligious traditions demand both wise stewardship and protection of the vulnerable — waste is wrong, but so is cutting services that protect "the least of…
- Mass Federal Workforce Reductions: Is Public Service a Trust?Every major religious tradition holds that workers deserve fair treatment and that authority is a trust, not a weapon.
- Privatizing Public ServicesReligious traditions teach that serving the vulnerable is a communal obligation — not a profit opportunity.
- Schedule F and Loyalty Tests for Federal EmployeesThe civil service exists because America already tried government-by-loyalty — and it produced corruption, incompetence, and a presidential assassination.
- When Courts Rule Mass Federal Layoffs IllegalWhen multiple federal judges rule that mass firings are illegal, and the response is to find new ways to fire people rather than comply with the law, that is…
- Dismantling the Department of EducationReligious traditions across the world treat the education of children — and especially the protection of the most vulnerable children — as a moral foundation…