Posted on 03/10/2025 10:57:01 AM PDT by davikkm
President Trump is making waves with a decisive move to slash bloated government bureaucracy. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is axing around 1,000 jobs, following a previous cut of 1,300. This will shrink NOAA’s workforce by 20%, with concerns rising among scientists about potential gaps in weather forecasting as hurricane season nears.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is also taking major steps, planning to cut 80,000 jobs — aiming to revert to leaner, 2019-level staffing. This bold move is meant to improve healthcare services for veterans while reducing wasteful spending.
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I have so far fully recovered from Agent Orange related prostate cancer and receive disability. I do have all of my healthcare delivered by the VA but they have also provided care through the Community Care Network that I find very responsive to my needs. I think the long term plan is to deliver healthcare through the civilian network. I could be wrong. So far, the VA has been a great provider for me.
I wish I was joking.
Let the tantrums and whining begin! If Joe Pedo hadn’t hired so many lefties in his final months in the White House to spy on the Trump administration, there wouldn’t be so many getting laid off.
Similar boat, not as bad as your conditions however a cut back at the VA does not sound favorable. I will wait and see.
I have long thought that veterans might be better served if they were given a VA card and could seek their care locally. The VA hospitals could then specimen in areas like limb replacement and PTSD treatment.
If NOAA would stick to large area forecasting like for hurricanes and major storms and end their climate change agenda they wouldn’t need a huge staff.
100,000 is still using a nail clipper where a tractor lawn mower would be more appropriate. That is around 5%. Now we need to be id of more whole departments and agencies than just USAID and DOEducation. We should not have more than 4 cabinet level departments and only one or two sub agencies per. And all of the programs administered by the disposed of outfits need to be also discarded and not “folded in” to the remaining departments.
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