Sept. 30, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging President Donald Trump to proceed with irreversible reductions in force as soon as the partial government shutdown begins at midnight:
“Democrats have nothing that President Donald Trump needs except maybe for a government shutdown. The debt ceiling, the southern border wall, his economic program, his tax cuts and so forth were already adopted via budget reconciliation in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The only thing Republicans might be interested in from Congress after a shutdown are significant cuts to the federal workforce, which Democrats are creating a fortuitous window for with their ill-conceived, zero leverage government shutdown strategy to get health care for millions of illegal aliens. President Trump and the secretaries of each department should proceed with irreversible reductions in force during the shutdown. If the federal employees are not essential, then why should they be retained post-shutdown when Democrats finally come to their senses?”
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