Trump Moves to Ease the Firing of Federal Workers

NY Times ^ | 05/25/2018 | Noam Scheiber

[Cyclops08]

President Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders making it easier to fire federal government workers and rolling back the prerogatives of unions that represent them.

Andrew Bremberg, the head of the White House Domestic Policy Council, said the president was “fulfilling his promise to promote more efficient government by reforming our Civil Service rules.”

But the push also reflects conservatives’ long-running suspicion of the federal bureaucracy, one that the president’s advisers have been outspoken in channeling. Shortly after Mr. Trump took office, Stephen K. Bannon, then his chief strategist, called for “the deconstruction of the administrative state.”

Unions representing government workers were quick to denounce the actions, calling them an “assault on democracy,” in the words of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, which represents 700,000 workers.

[Cyclops08]

What I call Swamp Drainage, the DOJ, FBI, and State departments can call UNEMPLOYMENT. MAGA to all this Holiday weekend!

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Freaking fantabulouserful.

[madprof98]

Good. Now fire the “public servants” at the state and local level as well.

[Red Badger]

Remember PATCO...................

[Hildy]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I honestly never thought I would live to see what has been transpiring these last two years. I love Donald Trump.

[nopardons]

Best president EVER !

[Menehune56]

I wonder what the latest layoff book is. I went through the era of “What color is your parachute?” in 1992 and “Who moved my cheese?” in 2001. They were big sellers.

[upchuck]

‘bout time! Thank you Lord for President Trump.

Government employees should never have been given the right to be represented by a union.

[sailor76]

Fire (em) and Forget (em)

[rockinqsranch]

This action alone will syphon off much of the crud occupying the Deep State Swamp. A good start.

[blueyon]

Wonderful

[CodeToad]

“Now fire the “public servants” at the state and local level as well.”

No kidding! My county needs a massive cleanout. We’ve got “managers” making over $160,000, and directors making $200,000.

[Missouri gal]

A few more rules I'd hope to see before we are done winning:
1) Your security clearance ends the day your job ends.
2) Pleading the Fifth concerning work you did for the US taxpayer results in instant dismissal without benefits.
3) Stonewalling federal investigations with slow walking or unreasonable redactions (I know, tricky to define) results in dismissal.
4) End the “Mueller rule,” if it hasn't already been stopped. That's the one that says FBI agents have to move to D.C. after so many years of service or else resign. This devastated the FBI, and helped Deep State intrigues.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Excellent. Next transfer every federal job that can be out of Washington DC.

[Sacajaweau]

Wish he could get rid of this teacher tenure cr**.

[Chode]

[samadams2000]

Ok, now fire 1/3 of them and put 1/3 on notice.

[Jumper]

State is authorized 15,000 foreign service officers and specialists by law by Congress but State has nearly 18,000 at present... and is after my retirement.

[hal ogen]

Government “workers” makes no sense. Many sit around trying to think up yet more useless regulations so they can harass Citizens and businesses, watching porn, emailing their friends, screwing around on the internet, figuring out how many days to retirement and how much they will get and so forth. Fire ten percent each year and tell the rest to make up the slack or...bye bye.

Best election in my lifetime!!! MAGA!!!

[PAR35]

What color is your parachute

My parachute always seemed to be lead colored.