NATION
Wednesday, February 10, 1993
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Clinton cuts staff salaries, privileges
Reductions show government's effort to change, he says
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Clinton ordered cuts in the White House staff, salaries and privileges yesterday, saying he could not ask U.S. citizens to make economic sacrifices unless government shares the pain.
"The government must do more and make do with less," Clinton said, announcing a reduction of 350 full-time and part-time workers and employees borrowed from other agencies. Most of the cuts will be achieved without layoffs.
Other steps announced by Clinton:
Offer steps amnesty for chiton'i
■ Restrictions on the use of cham-
offers in the office of national
officials; the chief of staff, national
security adviser and his deputy. Six people were eligible for door-to-door limousine service under President Bush.
Transformation of the White House mess, traditionally reserved for senior officials, to a cafeteria open to all employees.
Salary reductions of 6 to 9 percent for senior officials, compare with
what their predecessors were paid.
- Cuts in White House subscriptions to newspapers and magazines.
Clinton's announcement was part of the process of preparing U.S. citizens to dig deeper into their pockets for higher taxes to shrink the huge federal deficit and pay for highway and bridge construction and other projects. Another warmup step will be a televised town meeting today in Detroit.
The slimmed-down White House staff will total 1,044 when fully effective on Oct. 1. Thomas McLarty, White House chief of staff, said the cuts would save $10 million.
The president will announce his program Feb. 17 in an address to Congress.
Republicans dismissed Clinton's moves as a symbolic gesture and said the real test would be whether the White House budget and staff grew over time.
"The real promise the American people want President Clinton to keep is slashing in half the federal budget," Senate Republican leader Bob Dole
Clinton said the staff cuts fulfilled his promise for a 25 percent reduction.
Clinton needs to do more than tax rich
WASHINGTON — President Clinton has plenty of options for taxing the rich but will find it tough to shrink the budget deficit without implementing other taxes and spending cuts that could anger the public, new congressional estimates show.
Since his campaign, Clinton has repeatedly spoken of making the wealthy pay their fair share of the deficit reduction.
The Congressional Budget Office's annual menu of ways to trim the deficit showed that billions of dollars could be raised by boosting the top income tax rate, raising the minimum tax the rich pay and limiting their deductions.
But the budget office's list, made available yesterday, also vividly illustrated that such levies would probably raise little money compared to the size of the deficit. Clinton and his aides have already acknowledged this by warning all segments of the public about the need for shared sacrifice.
The list is important because budget writers often use it for deficit-reduction ideas, and because the Congressional Budget Office is widely respected in Washington as a bipartisan source of information.
Here is the problem: Clinton is thinking about trying to reduce federal red ink by $145 billion by fiscal 1997. Getting there will likely require a phased-in, four-year budget-cutting package, starting next year, containing total savings of much more than that — probably $300 billion or more.
Clinton is further constrained — at least for the moment — by White House budget chief Leon Panetta's comments that for every $1 in tax increases, he would like to see a $2 cut in federal spending.
Many congressional Democrats have complained that the formula emphasizes spending cuts too heavily. The president has made no final decision on the ratio.
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