The government was spending too much money. And wasting a lot of it. The need to cut back was obvious and pressing. So Congress passed something called the “sequester,” that would force frugality upon the government and oblige Washington, Inc. to endure the kind of downsizing that had been common – and successful – in the private sector.

Well, we can now review the results of that effort and it seems the sequester has, indeed, succeeded where prior efforts failed and actually reduced the government payroll.  By exactly one – count him – excess bureaucrat.