I would be willing to wager that if at least half of the Federal employees (i.e. Picatinny in Morris County) were terminated, nobody would notice the difference except for some empty spaces in the parking lots. I say, “Let’s go for it”, and while we’re at it, let’s do the same for State and Morris County employees for the same reason.

It's time to weed out the garden. Get rid of all the weeds and leave all the healthy plants to grow because we have overgrown the garden way to much with weeds. Start with the big ones that have been in their to long.

My comment was directed at Observer- you are so stupid it is amazing. You want all those people to lose their jobs?? You have no idea how much work they do eveyday to keep our Soldiers safe!

I see this crap all the time in the media and it just pisses me off!!!! Come on people these scare tactics they use to make everybody believe they are going to lose their jobs....Read the article...they always use words like "could" "it's possible" "might" "if"

This is just so much BS....They are trying to keep the status quo because all the politiocal cronies and those in appointed postions have a vested interest in keeping things as they are...
Time to "weed out the garden" (NW)

The best way to weed the garden is to use G.R.I.P. Only G.R.I.P. stops long time weed growth! It must be used every election cycle. Sooner or later it will weed out career politicians too!

More left wing propaganda from the AOL-Huffpo-Patch. Patch editors have taken the term "useful idiot" to a whole new level.

Everyone who DOES lose their government job doesn't just disappear. They will immediately begin to draw unemployment benefits, which costs us all money. At the same time, they will spend less in your community, which will not only put your local business community at further risk, but will cost your town tax revenues. Perhaps they won't find another job (there are, after all, still many unemployed). When their COBRA runs out, they'll get charity care in the hospital - you're paying for that. Their house goes into foreclosure, the value of your house declines. Your blood lust to see these people lose their jobs makes no sense. And that's if, as you apparently believe, their jobs contribute nothing - wonder if the folks who are so hot to see the DOE dissolved realize these are the people who oversee nuclear power plants.

Susan, don't want everyone to lose their job, We just need the weeds "topped off" of their heavy growth which we NOSE is very top heavy. To many "chiefs" and not enough "indians".

People are funny. When the economy was doing great and the public sector was making money and receiving bonus', nobody cared about the government employee who made a meger living. The government employee didn't call for your head because you made more but when the economy goes the other way and the private sector is now squeezed, they're out for blood. I say make deep cuts. lets see what happens when people don't receive their services and ammenities like they are used to. They fill up sites like this with complaints now about snow plowing, animal shelters, police response times, Foley field bleachers and garbage pick up. I say cut everything to the bone. Let everyone do without these so called" government waste" jobs and see how much their lives change. People don't realize how much is done to keep our society running like it does. What do you think will happen when the inner working's of the government starts to shut down? Everything, everything you now take for granted in life will be affected.

Steve, ever hear the saying "do more with less" ? I see so much "waste" out there it is just sad people loosing jobs and people who have them taking advantage of the "system". And they NOSE who they are.

It’s not cuts it’s slower growth. Politicians always choose programs/jobs that most don’t disagree with to slow spending instead of getting rid of the waste. There is plenty to cut – actually cut – without disrupting the general public. They are choosing to let criminals out of jail and send less funding to schools. We will continue along the path to Greece as long as the general public is not paying attention, buying into the media spin and doesn’t demand that their employees in DC spend less.

That "meger" [sic] federal living comes replete with a lifetime pension at an annual reate equal to the average of the three highest salaried years, that's forever until you die, with survivorship benefits. That's not "meger" [sic] particularly for middle to higher level federal workers many of whom earn well in excess of 100K.

Open your eyes.

Actually, I think the local NJ economy will se a boon out of this. All those highly compensated federal workers with an extra day off a week might get a nic ebit of shopping in.