Now, we hear that an Obama supported plan to erase that savings by giving all Federal workers four weeks paid time off after the birth or adoption of a child.  This plan will cost $140 million.  That you can even propose such a ridiculous idea at a time like this is so incredibly maddening and it’s no surprise that I have major issues with this plan.

My qualms center on three main points: 1) four weeks is too long; 2) the employee sacrifices nothing; 3) government has no money for the program.  Of course, the most devastating impact of this legislation may come from the potential it has to set a precedent for future action (in the private sector).

Granted, this is one of many additional expenditures created since the cost cutting news spectacle, but I thought it was illustrative to show just how quickly those savings could be erased.