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The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
MSN via CFP ^ | 8/1/2025 | Meryl Kornfield, Hannah Natanson, Laura Meckler

Posted on 08/01/2025 5:08:09 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter

The government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two administration officials. The number, which has not been previously reported, accounts for workers at dozens of agencies who took offers from the government as of June to get paid through Sept. 30 — the end of the fiscal year — or the end of 2025 and then voluntarily leave government, significantly reducing the size of several major agencies, according to two Office of Personnel Management officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose details of the administration’s plans to scale down government. The buyouts have rapidly sped up the process of slashing the federal workforce at an unprecedented rate, the officials said. But critics have argued that the administration’s tactics of using buyouts and administrative leave have been wasteful because the public is paying tens of thousands of employees not to work for months. The two officials could not say how much the government is spending on salaries for employees who are resigning. The timing of buyouts has varied by agency, employees remain on their agencies’ payrolls as long as they are on leave, and some workers also got additional payments through other retirement programs. The officials also could not say how much they expect the cuts will save in payroll costs in the long term. The employees who have resigned amount to about 6.7 percent of the government’s civilian workforce of 2.3 million people.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deferred; employment; labor; maga; resignation

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""""The employees who have resigned amount to about 6.7 percent of the government’s civilian workforce of 2.3 million people.""""

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This is amazing. Trump gets rid of 6.7% of the government sluggards and look at the accomplishments that have been made in the last 7 months.

1 posted on 08/01/2025 5:08:09 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

The headline seems shocking, and then it turns out Trump is getting rid of them.

A different headline would fit better.


2 posted on 08/01/2025 5:09:57 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Private companies to something akin to this too.


3 posted on 08/01/2025 5:13:06 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

It is a worthwhile long term investment... :)


4 posted on 08/01/2025 5:13:52 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

There are far more not working and getting paid.


5 posted on 08/01/2025 5:15:07 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: ansel12

You mean like an “HONEST” headline.


6 posted on 08/01/2025 5:15:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

wait till we find out how many able bodies are on welfare... it’ll make this number look like a rounding error


7 posted on 08/01/2025 5:16:08 AM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

And lo, the Yankees have turned it around and won five out of six since Aaron Judge went on the 10-day injured list.

Not that Aaron Judge was the problem. Far from it. But changes, shakeups, sometimes they wake up what’s been asleep.


8 posted on 08/01/2025 5:19:49 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: cableguymn

Yup


9 posted on 08/01/2025 5:19:58 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

They weren’t working anyway, so why does it matter? At least they aren’t using electricity sitting at their desk on their computers playing video games and watching who knows what.


10 posted on 08/01/2025 5:21:01 AM PDT by Integrityingovt (God is in control, remember that)
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To: one guy in new jersey

The Yankees stink. The Rays stink worse. Another bad day for Tampa Bay.


11 posted on 08/01/2025 5:22:08 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Openurmind

We have been paying these people to not work for a long time

The only real change in their status is that now the free ride ends in a few months


12 posted on 08/01/2025 5:22:29 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Including pensions, the government is paying hundreds & hundreds of thousands not to work. And several hundred thousand more to barely work.


13 posted on 08/01/2025 5:24:25 AM PDT by wny (s)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

As per usual the 3 more than likely liberal twits it took to write this propaganda failed to do their homework in the form of math.......over time these cuts will save taxpayers God knows how much money....

Typical shortsighted liberal mindset.


14 posted on 08/01/2025 5:27:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave


15 posted on 08/01/2025 5:32:37 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Gee, not seeing any articles from the WSJ whining about severance pay in actuality being companies paying people not to work...

Besides, given what value bureaucrats typically bring, getting rid of them now and just paying them for a few months, I consider that a net positive.


16 posted on 08/01/2025 5:32:41 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Integrityingovt

“”””They weren’t working anyway, so why does it matter?””””


In far too many cases government employees work very hard against the interests of the taxpayers.

And in far too many cases these government employees would be working hard to put up roadblocks to stop the Trump administration’s MAGA agenda.


17 posted on 08/01/2025 5:34:58 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: ansel12

“A different headline would fit better.”

Ah, but it wouldn’t fit the lefty narrative better.


18 posted on 08/01/2025 5:36:15 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: HombreSecreto

Having worked in Corporate America and International Corporations the last 30 years, yes, Cutting someone loose with X x Months severance pay can be well worth getting rid of dead weight. “Short term pain for long term gain.”


19 posted on 08/01/2025 5:40:38 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

How can they tell?.....................


20 posted on 08/01/2025 5:43:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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