Posted on 01/31/2025 3:50:58 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Less than a fortnight in office, President Donald Trump has quickly targeted federal employees in his attempt to remake the government in his own image, using the politics of revenge.
Newly re-inaugurated for a second term, his roiling actions have generated workplace fear, confusion and anger — never good traits for any organization. The breathtaking scope and sudden implementation of his moves, some with dubious legality, stunned workers and citizens alike, as Trump tries to significantly and controversially expand the powers of the presidency.
“I’m mad,” said Jeremy Wood, a Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and one of many feds awaiting termination after being put on paid leave. He’s proud of his good performance reviews, so this feels like a “punch to the gut,” he said, and morale now is “in the dumpster.”......
Trump’s zeal to cut the workforce overlooks facts outlined in a new Brookings Institution report by Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow. Her key findings say federal civilian employment levels have remained flat since the mid-1960s, while the nation’s population has grown by 68 percent. Also, most feds are in national security agencies, including the Defense Department where more than one-third of all feds work.
“Not only are the number of federal employees small compared to the population,” Kamarck wrote, “but they also don’t cost very much. Compensation for federal employees cost $291 billion in 2019, or 6.6% of that year’s total spending.”......
Questioned about the legality of Trump firing feds, press secretary Karoline Leavitt cited the White House Counsel’s Office and offered a novel, disruptive and possibly illegal construct.
“He is the executive of the executive branch,” she said of Trump, “and, therefore, he has the power to fire anyone within the executive branch that he wishes to.”
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Remember one of Clinton's 1st actions was to fire the well liked White House travel office to install his lackeys.
offered a novel, disruptive and possibly illegal construct?
Journalists really need to read the constitution.
A billion here a billion there.
But who cares just 291 billion
Our government has become to big and over powering.
Excellent.
never good traits for any organization.
Oh, I don't know about that.
The breathtaking scope and sudden implementation of his moves, some with dubious legality, stunned workers and citizens alike,
to the cheers of 80 million Americans.
“I’m mad,” said Jeremy Wood, a Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee
I'm delighted.
He’s proud of his good performance reviews, so this feels like a “punch to the gut,” he said, and morale now is “in the dumpster.”......
Purrrrr.....
WaPo is still in business?
I’d like to see public service unions banned.
Fortnight? They use fortnight in a sentence? Is this 1815? What a joke.
The travel office is a lot different than positions in National Defense. It remains to be seen how this will shake out but don’t be surprised to see thousands of people in key weapons development and troop support roles retire or resign. Readiness will be impacted for years as well as modernization. Some here fail to realize that the civilian component of DOD are the ones who design, procure, configure, repair, stock, store and issue almost every piece of military equipment our service members use from toilet paper to nuclear weapons. The Chinese and Russians will be pleased.
Fortnight is a common term among Brits, so the author is probably hanging with too many globalists.
“...using the politics of revenge.”
Ah, but one has to wonder. Is it Trump’s revenge or that of the people Trump represents. Can’t blame the voters, they need them.
wy69
A fellow Media Union Goon has a tantrum.
The Bezos newsletter needs more firings .
I really doubt your comments...
He also fired every single federal attorney on Day 1 of his administration. And the MSM was like "that's his right, fine with us."
[fortnight]
They’ve probably been waiting....lol
Upcoming: “23-skiddoo” and “bees knees”
Bullshit. Trump is doing exactly what he promised to do on the campaign trail. He is firstly weeding out the obviously corrupt leftist hacks. He is also looking to reign in out of control bureaucrats who think it their place to dictate to the public via their own personal interpretations of laws in the form of regulations. Finally, Trump was elected to dramatically prune back out of control executive agencies. The public wholeheartedly approves of what he is doing. That’s why we voted for him and that’s why his approval rating is so high.
FDR expanded it but Woodrow Wilson was the one who really ushered it in.
Doubt all you want, what is not true ????
GMAFB. Executive agencies have grown massively beyond the point of usefulness and many of them have taken the view that it is their role to govern. That is in addition to being hugely wasteful and harming economic productivity for the country as a whole. Nobody has suggested getting rid of weapons development or troop support functions. Think of out of control rogue agencies like the Department of Education, the EPA, the FBI, the DOJ, the CIA, the State Department, USAID, and on and on. Several of these bloated behemoths need to be abolished entirely. Others need to be radically pruned in size and scattered to small town America.
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