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2025-12-28 Home Front: Politix

Promise kept: Federal employment down 271,000 since January

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-28 2025-12-28 00:45|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1749 views ] Top

1 Good lord, who will send all the emails?

Posted by chris 2025-12-28 02:45|| 2025-12-28 02:45|| Front Page Top

2 I wonder how many thousands took that severance package and/or retired from federal "service". But, hey, whatever it takes.

Posted by DooDahMan 2025-12-28 04:13|| 2025-12-28 04:13|| Front Page Top

3
A classic example of Taxpayer $$$$$ wasted and too many DC Swampers rewarding jobs to campaign staff.

Now looking at it a little differently....
Could any of these have been recent or Virtual Hires that took the severance package. KNOWING this was coming.

Imagine the $$$$$$$ that floated around and the "hiring" paybacks or skim involved.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-12-28 06:53|| 2025-12-28 06:53|| Front Page Top

4 A lot of that same virus at the State levels as well. In Georgia, the constant round (and I mean constant) of local elections for deputy dog catcher and park administrative assistants is nearly endless.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-12-28 06:59|| 2025-12-28 06:59|| Front Page Top

5 That’s a start.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-28 08:59|| 2025-12-28 08:59|| Front Page Top

6 ^
about 100k out of the total were people who took the full severance package

an unknown number took a reduced severance package

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-12-28 10:09|| 2025-12-28 10:09|| Front Page Top

7 ^
true that a lot of elected officials work little and get paid too much

even worse is that there are many, many appointees who work for park commissions, special district supervisors, etc. who work little (or even are wrongdoers) and get paid too much

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-12-28 10:12|| 2025-12-28 10:12|| Front Page Top

8 Fed employment June 2015 to June 2025

For perspective. Lots of graphs at the link, gov't is on page 17 of 18.

Posted by Bobby 2025-12-28 11:09|| 2025-12-28 11:09|| Front Page Top

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