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ibid, p. 73

#RIF
#FedWorkforce
#Chaos
Quote text: Reductions-in-Force. Reducing the number of federal employees seems an obvious way to reduce the overall expense of the civil service, and many prior Administrations have attempted to do just this. Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama began their terms, as did Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, by mandating a freeze on the hiring of new federal employees, but these efforts did not lead to permanent and substantive reductions in the number of nondefense federal employees. First, it is a challenge even to know which workers to cut. As mentioned, there are 2 million federal employees, but since budgets have exploded, so has the total number of personnel with nearly 10 times more federal contractors than federal employees. Contractors are less expensive because they are not entitled to high government pensions or benefits and are easier to fire and discipline. In addition, millions of state government employees work under federal grants, in effect administering federal programs; these cannot be cut directly. Cutting federal employment can be helpful and can provide a simple story to average citizens, but cutting functions, levels, funds, and grants is much more important than setting simple employment size. Simply reducing numbers can actually increase costs.
January 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
citereader.bsky.social
thank you for the fix. should have just written east coast. it has lights.
January 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
citereader.bsky.social
I assumed a car? it might have four wheels? an engine? shiny stuff? noisy bits?

I'm about as cool as someone who reads a memoir for fun.
January 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM