The Mayor's Insistence on Sharp Cuts Is Hurting Washington

The mayor insisted on stark cuts across the board two for the last decade there had been gaps that have been anticipated in out years. I think rigid ideological commitment to shrinking the size of government is hurting us as a progressive, he says. The headcount and city government is smaller than it's been in a decade at our anti-poverty agency,. department of social services has cut over 2,000 jobs in his first two budgets just eliminated them.