A question for proponents of small government and Romney supporters.?

So, you imagine they will all be fired in one day? Like anything else, there will be a plan for shutting down these departments over time, so that important activities are kept, but moved to other departments, and so that appropriate regulatory changes can be made as departments are closed down.

So, the first false assumption (the basis for all liberal thought is false assumptions...) is that every single employee in those areas will be fired.

Your second false assumption is that there will be no effect on the economy or the federal budget as a result.

Yes, there will be an increase in unemployment, but that will less than the number you presented. And it will be offset by the economic benefits of the decrease of the government tax and regulatory burden, which you so conveniently neglected to include in your analysis.

You also do not seem to understand that the government owes no person a job, and that these government workers are our servants and serve only at our pleasure, not at the SEIU's pleasure. And having more people being government workers is a negative, not a positive.

You are also completely confused regarding corporate power. Corporate power only exists through collusion with government, not in spite of government. So as government power is returned to its Constitutional limits, corporate power, which was exercised through the government, is equally diminished. Government "regulation" has done more to support big corporations at the expense of competition and the customers than anything else.

So, do you have any more detached-from-reality analyses that you need me to school you on?

In my opinion, this is tough question to answer. I believe that Romney is attempting to cut programs that are least vital to our nation. Unfortunately, we have a massive deficit which acts as a laggard on our economy, the larger the lag the slower our economy recovers, the longer we have large unemployment and the longer we have record deficits (from lower revenue(taxation)). Unemployment could be cut in half today if companies were confident about future cash flows. Obamacare, like it or not, causes uncertainty because we have half the country saying its pure evil and the other half saying its the best thing thats ever happend to America. The point is, no one really knows what its affects are going to be because our health care system is so complex. Corporations are currently sitting on 2.3 trillion dollars of CASH. They can hire, but they have to know that they will have future profits to support those positions before the do. SO, adding to unemployment does not roll to job creation directly, but a surplus budget and a stable economic outlook will increase job creation. In regards to your comment about the power struggle between corporations and our government, size is a non-issue. Just because the government spends less or employs less people does not reflect on the power or oversight ability for government regulation. One last comment, just because Romney is rich, does not mean hes only out to help the rich. In contrast, the middle class shrank to a record setting all time low last year while the net worth of the top 1% doubled. Obama has had some good policies, but expanding the middle class is not on his agenda. I hope this stayed as unbaised as possible.

they will have to find a job in the private sector., How is having excessive government removing money from the public helping the economy? the federal government is on tract for failure so they'll all be unemployed with worthless currency in their pockets soon enough if we continue this total financial farce.

whenever you hear a candidate say "i will do this or that" it really means taxes will somehow somewhere have to go up......how many obama voter think that OBAMACARE will not bring up taxes or it's free?when you are listening to a candidate say he will fund a,b,c and at the same time in the same breath is saying he will lower taxes ...HE IS LYING!all the promises Obama was sprouting in 2008 didn't anyone think about how much Obami will cost the country.