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

[V_TWIN]

Also, a lot of good bands came out of Canada in the late 70s and into the 80s.

BTO
Triumph
Loverboy
Rush
April Wine

[ridesthemiles]

THEY TOOK BUYOUTS===GETTING PAID UNTIL SEPT 30.

WHERE IS THE STORY ABOUT THOSE FED EMPLOYEES WHO HAD THE GUTS & LACK OF SENSE WHO FILED FOR “UNEMPLOYMENT”-—WHEN THEY ARE GETTING PAID FOR ANOTHER 2 MONTHS.

I KID YOU NOT

[GreyFriar]

Kinda reminds me when the government was paying farmers not to raise food crops back in the 1950s and/or 60s. Yes, there might be an argument for it, but the FR headline just “triggered” this old memory.

[from occupied ga]

That’s funny. I thought the government was paying millions of people, i.e. most government “employees”, not to work.

[null and void]

"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."

Wasteful as contrasted to paying millions of families not to work for generations?

[dragnet2]

Government’s civilian workforce of 2.3 million people?

LOL! What are or were they all doing? Good grief! AI could likely replace 95 percent of this epic burden on the taxpayers.

[null and void]

AI could likely replace 95 percent of this epic burden on the taxpayers.

And they can then learn to code...

[dragnet2]

lol...

[webheart]

The headline seems shocking because the number is so small. The number of people they pay not to work is in the millions. Of course the article clarifies that they are talking about government employees and not the millions of people sitting around collecting welfare.