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1 posted on 01/03/2017 9:50:17 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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Probably “cheap” at twice the price if it allows Trump to unload workers without all the legal nonsense that PE’s get to try and stay employed with the government even when their jobs are not needed.


2 posted on 01/03/2017 9:53:13 AM PST by vette6387
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Oh noes. Ping


3 posted on 01/03/2017 9:54:43 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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Good riddance...


4 posted on 01/03/2017 9:56:47 AM PST by moovova
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Seems a little expensive just to get them to go away. How about security showing them the door unexpectedly and sending their personal effects to them afterwards in a box via USPS?


5 posted on 01/03/2017 9:57:51 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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GOOD! LEAVE! We don’t need the bloated government we have!


6 posted on 01/03/2017 9:58:04 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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You could easily dump 50% of the federal work force with little or no change being felt by the average american. Outside of the salary saving the next biggest savings would be consolidating the wasted space left behind.


7 posted on 01/03/2017 9:58:10 AM PST by maddog55 (America Rising)
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Follow this up with

“Any employee caught stealing from the government or taxpayers will immediately be terminated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!”


9 posted on 01/03/2017 9:59:24 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I like the idea of severance pay to Federal workers who are willing to leave. Please do not refill their positions. Deposit the present value of their pensions in a 401K.


10 posted on 01/03/2017 10:00:20 AM PST by Tax-chick ("He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed." Pv. 19:17)
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The cash is available to civilian bureaucrats. It was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017...............the gope was ok with this it seems. Raise for military, not so much
11 posted on 01/03/2017 10:00:22 AM PST by ColdOne (( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Trump should get a Russian Wolfhound for first pet in WH.)
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Impossible. Aunt Pelosi said a couple years ago that they did a thorough check of the fed gov and every bit of it was already cut to the bone and no cuts were possible.


12 posted on 01/03/2017 10:03:06 AM PST by lurk (TEat)
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Yes, they should probably all quit.


14 posted on 01/03/2017 10:04:27 AM PST by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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Buyouts make sense, and insure that people who leave do so on their own volition. This also may be a part of early retirement programs.

My company offered one such program and it attracted about 20% of the intended target. Also caused some very good employees to jump the ship. (not desired).

However the next year the company followed up with layoffs to finish cutting the dead wood. The end result was a lean company that managed to do well for years after this.

My job was never at risk during this time, and I did encourage people who were planning to leave soon anyway that the new policy would mean that they would work almost for nothing for a while if they did not take the offer.

I still believe this is a very good move when cutbacks are in the future.

Now, the flip side is that Trump policy will spur growth down the road, so the Pentagon will want to keep good employees. The trick is to find out who these employees are and give them some incentive this year to not take the Voluntary Out.


15 posted on 01/03/2017 10:05:36 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
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Oh jeez, just dump them. Not one in 10 of them ever earned an honest nickel.


21 posted on 01/03/2017 10:27:49 AM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will, be lost, like tears in rain.)
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Federal employees have never shown themselves to be working for AMERICA. The majority have always been there for the bucks. Meet their demands, give the rats their cheese, but do set the traps to kill their ilk. In the future, before hiring any federal employee, plan to extensively vet them


22 posted on 01/03/2017 10:28:47 AM PST by V K Lee (Is it too early for a President Trump?)
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I’ll pay it. Think of it as an investment in a smaller government. The problem is that many of the ones who can leave aren’t the ones we need to leave. But it’s a start.


23 posted on 01/03/2017 10:30:05 AM PST by Billthedrill
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The problem is....get rid of people with jobs which do not require replacement so you’re not paying two salaries at one time.


25 posted on 01/03/2017 10:39:19 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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They can eye it all they want - there’s always a set of requirements as to whether or not one qualifies for the buyout (or early retirement) - even if they all qualify, it will be much cheaper in the long run....freezing the hiring and letting a lot go by attrition will also save billions.


26 posted on 01/03/2017 10:41:54 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Swamp draining ahead...


28 posted on 01/03/2017 10:48:23 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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They can’t give it to more than 25,000 people.
The people who do take it must wait 12 months to be rehired.
If they are rehired within 5 years, they have to pay the money back.(There are exceptions)

Section 9902(f)(5)(A)(ii) of title 5, United States Code


30 posted on 01/03/2017 11:04:15 AM PST by stylin19a (Hey obamas-it's Ray Charles time - "Hit the Road Jack"...you know the rest)
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A lot of DoD postings need to be gone but we never hear about personnel cuts in the civilian agencies. They are even more bloated and incompetent than anything in the DoD.


32 posted on 01/03/2017 11:29:01 AM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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