Posted on 01/09/2018 6:52:42 AM PST by gubamyster
The Environmental Protection Agency, seen by President Trump as a bloated bureaucratic whale, is on schedule to fulfill his promise to cut its staff nearly in half by the end of his first term, according to officials.
The EPA Tuesday provided to Secrets its first year staff cutting results which show that the agency is below levels last seen during former President Reagan’s administration.
And if just those slated to retire by early 2021 leave, Administrator Scott Pruitt and his team will have reduced a staff of nearly 15,000, to below 8,000, or a cut of 47 percent.
“We’re proud to report that we’re reducing the size of government, protecting taxpayer dollars and staying true to our core mission of protecting the environment,” Pruitt said in a statement to Secrets.
Several agencies have succeeded in making some cuts, but EPA is taking a lead.
The numbers:
As of January 3, 2018, the EPA has 14,162 employees.
The last time EPA was at an actual employment level of 14,440 was in fiscal year 1988 when Reagan was president.
23 percent of EPA employees can retire with full benefits and another 4 percent can retire at the end of 2018.
Additionally, another 20 percent of EPA employees will be eligible for retirement in the next five years.
Taken together, 47 percent of the EPA will be eligible to retire with full benefits in the next 5 years.
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WINNING!!!
WINNING!!!
This is my Cheshire Cat smile!!
Good! it was Bloatocracy!
Winning is like cowbell. You can’t get enough of it.
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Dead weight. “Get a real job”
Half’s a good start.
Let’s make it 100%.
NICE!!!!!
Shrinking gubment like a boss!!!!
The 50% figure is 50% smaller than it needs to be.
There should be one guy there with a single phone line. Based in a basement office.
Kill this Nixon nightmare now!
Well, at least it’s a start. In addition to actual federal employees, the EPA needs to SUBSTANTIALLY reduce contractor staff and grants.
Hahaha. Good. The EPA is replete with proto-fascists disguised as government “workers”.
Are you trying to hi-jack this thread? lol
How sweet, retiring with full benefits...on our dime.
Even better. The EPA is hiring a few conservative people to fill the gaps as the libs exit as they can’t stand the light shining in.
My niece just got hired by them in Washington DC about two months ago.
Trump is moving in the correct direction.
Good, now disarm the SOB’s.
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