The White House announced yesterday the launch of its second annual SAVE (Saving American’s Value and Efficiency) award. The award asks federal government workers to submit their best money-saving ideas. The winner gets to meet with the President and his or her idea earns a spot in the Administration’s next budget.
The ideas are compiled on this website, where average Americans can weigh in. The White House also tracks ideas submitted last year that are being implemented.
These cuts and efficiencies will generally save thousands or millions of dollars each so they won’t go that far in tackling our $13 trillion debt (which is almost the size of our entire economy), but this is a good step in the right direction, nonetheless. And it mirrors the type of decisions families around America have to make when it comes to their own budgets.
