Tea Party Senator-elect Backs 10 Percent Pay Cut

Senator-elect Rand Paul, R-Ky., who won his race with the backing of the Tea Party, went on ABC's This Week on Sunday to discuss his plans for shrinking government. "Everything across the board" needs to be cut, he said. Pressed for specifics, Paul had this to say about federal employment and pay:

I'm going to look at every program, every program. But I would freeze federal hiring. I would maybe reduce federal employees by 10 percent. I'd probably reduce their wages by 10 percent. The average federal employee makes $120,000 a year. The average private employee makes $60,000 a year. Let's get them more in line, and let's find savings. Let's hire no new federal workers.