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Federal Employment Shouldn’t Be a Ticket
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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 10/27/2025 3:07:26 PM

Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin. Within the first two weeks of the ongoing government shutdown, agency heads reportedly sent permanent layoff notices to about 4,000 federal employees under the guidance of Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought. But compared to the private sector, this is a proverbial drop in the bucket. The partial lapse in government funding has dragged on for 27 days now as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 44 other senators continue to block the “clean” government funding measure that the House passed in September. As a result of the funding lapse, Vought says that 10,000 federal employees could ultimately

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Vaquero45 10/27/2025 3:13:33 PM (No. 2022315)
Fire HALF of them. See what happens. Keep the air traffic controllers and the cops. I’ll bet no one notices.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 10/27/2025 3:35:45 PM (No. 2022323)
"Free" health care for ILLEGAL INVADERS courtesy of U.S. Taxpayers $$$.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: seamusm 10/27/2025 4:20:14 PM (No. 2022336)
Only 10,000? That's all? Many federal employees are needless, exorbitant, and unproductive leeches on the American economy. These add nothing to the health and welfare of the majority of US taxpayers. Terminating their positions via budget cuts will bypass Civil Service protections and at least temporarily be difficult for those weaned off the public teat. But we simply cannot afford to do otherwise. The Dem Party will also need to find other guaranteed sources of support.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: anniebc 10/27/2025 5:51:20 PM (No. 2022382)
The Trump administration must be getting rid of federal workers on a slow level (may make sense), but we're broke; we need mass firings, just like a business would do before they had no choice but to close their doors.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: chumley 10/27/2025 7:35:30 PM (No. 2022404)
I hate stories that say because the people on the next block dont have trees, you shouldn't have trees either. The politics of envy is alive and well. During the ammunition shortage, wal mart employees were at the range blazing away because they held back bullets for themselves. They never made it to the shelves. I didnt scream and yell because it was unfair. I shot less. When a friend who is a Ford employee got a car for $10k less than I would have paid, I didnt stomp my foot and scream about privilege, I drove my old car for a couple more years. So federal employees enjoy better job security than other jobs. So what? Is it their fault you arent smart enough or lucky enough to get such a job? You make the best deal you can with your employer and enjoy the perks of it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Msquared112 10/27/2025 9:16:43 PM (No. 2022435)
And now we find that Jasmine Crockett struck it rich in gov’t. Shocker, right?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mifla 10/28/2025 4:26:04 AM (No. 2022481)
The problem is that the government has no competition and can print money when they run out. Incompetent employees are easily moved to other jobs and become other manager's problems. Other than elections, there are no checks and balances for government.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: 5 handicap 10/28/2025 5:46:22 AM (No. 2022494)
Lets NOT stop at 10,000, nor 500,000...C'mon the Federal Gov't is way too bloated and involved in way too many areas of life that should be left to the states and local government!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: robertthomason 10/28/2025 1:45:40 PM (No. 2022732)
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y" I guess it's a generational thing, but I find an error like that very unprofessional and sloppy. I guess there's no editorial review either.
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