Should Congress downsize to help the economy?

This writer says that we could save more than $8 TRILLION if we forced Congress to do what the economy is forcing regular businesses to do:

“When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers need to find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well. Wall Street and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of “tough decision”, and his board of directors gives him a big bonus.

Our government should not be immune from similar risks.

Therefore: Reduce the House of Representatives from the current 435 members to 218 members and Senate members from 100 to 50 (one per State). Also reduce remaining staff by 25%.”

Try not to stick out your tongue at the source, folks:
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2009/sc_0131.shtml