The federal workforce is something line 2% of total spending
Which is 150 billion dollars per year. But some services shut down too, which saves more money. I am not saying its a perfect way, but it is the only way to force cutting down expenses. Sometimes you have to be extreme. Alternative is to keep spending high and harm economy because bunch of retards in government oppose every attempt to cut on healthcare and social security. Yes, cutting spending means you lose government services. It must be done, or USA will never become decent to live in. Government services are always more expensive and of lower quality than private services, because YOU PAY for government services through taxes and inflation, and you pay for them in taxes more than their price on private market. Its a socialist scam. Population can only become richer if production increases, and that is only possible in private economy. Harming private economy by trying to fix social issues with other people's money is the characteristic of every failed socialist country out there. Economy is about production, and re-distribution only costs money and produces nothing, and also reduces productive powers.