Trump’s vow to fire thousands of ‘crooked’ federal workers prompts alarm

Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug. 30, 2024 3 AM PT | James Rainey, Staff Writer

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Just the crooked ones?

[Sequoyah101]

One article of lies and distortions was not enough?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4266727/posts

[E. Pluribus Unum]

My superpower is bypassing paywalls.

Yours appears to be whining like a little girl.

If you don’t like it, don’t click on it. It’s not rocket science.

[Nervous Tick]

Perfect!

[Sequoyah101]

Well, the merit based civil service system has been wiped out by federal employee unions, DEI, EEO and quotas.

“You’re now talking about 140 years of presidential administrations — Republicans and Democrats — who all supported the proposition that the best way to get an effective government was to have a career, professional, merit-based civil service,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that analyzes federal agencies and their employees."

I remember the old system before it was corrupted. It was very hard to become a full time employee. Many employees were only part time yearning for a full time job. With some regularity jobs were eliminated. A RIF, Reduction In Force, was common. My late father agonized over them about who to let go with each RIF. There were no guarantees of employment for life no matter what you did or didn't do. The jobs also didn't pay that well, private sector made much more and benefits were similar in many disciplines. There was the pension but it was not lush though it did pay as much as 80% of your high 3 and included medical benefits in excess of medicare.

[philman_36]

...the best way to get an effective government was to have a career, professional, merit-based civil service,” said Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service,

Max seems to have missed the DEI hiring practice implementation.

[no-to-illegals]

Attempting NOT to be a criminal in dc will get one killed.

[SMARTY]

Anyway, there’s a lot of dead wood there 😒

[Fresh Wind]

Unfortunately, “merit-based” has come to mean a rating system that is based on minority status, not performance.

One point for female, two points for black, three points for gay, four points for trans, and negative five points for white.

[Sirius Lee]

“You’re now talking about 140 years of presidential administrations — Republicans and Democrats — who all supported the proposition that the best way to get an effective government was to have a career, professional, merit-based civil service,”

140 years of built up crud is a lot. Sometimes you have to drag the stove out from the wall, scrub and clean and paint everything behind it, and then toss the filth crusted appliance in a dumpster and get a new one.

[wbarmy]

The Federal Government should only be worried about three things; DoD, Post Office and foreign treaties.

The separate States are supposed to take care of the rest.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Trump’s proposal to replace thousands of civil servants with his loyalists “

So the writer pulled “his loyalists” out of his funky ass. Trump never said that. The axed employees either would be (1) replaced by competent people, or (2) not replaced at all after
Elon had done his efficiency and waste investigations.

[MayflowerMadam]

“What benefit do we gain from the Dept of Education??”\

No benefits; only detriments.

[Joe Boucher]

About 75 % of federal workers are worthless leaches.

[johniegrad]

Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that analyzes federal agencies and their employees

The fact that there even is a nonprofit for this purpose says volumes about the excessive size of government.

[BiteYourSelf]

What a load of 🐄💩

[ladyjane]

“the best way to get an effective government was to have a career, professional, merit-based civil service,” Except when you have career civil servants who actively oppose the president.

Except when the high level people with power by-pass the civil servant requirements.

[P-Marlowe]

Who said anything about replacing them?

[Brilliant]

He needs to defund large parts of the federal government. I would start with the
FBI and DOJ. They don’t do anything useful anyway. Also the Dept of Education, the CFPB, the DOT, etc.