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ER Editor: Most of us know by now that the deep state relies on massive, unwieldly bureaucracies, the employees of which earn enough not to question their cabal paymasters. Covid was a monumental example of this.
See also this from SFGate —
Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months’ pay in effort to shrink government
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed.
A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources agency, also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing. The email sent to millions of employees said those who leave their posts voluntarily will receive about eight months of salary, but they have to choose to do so by Feb. 6.
Full-time employees in the US Postal Service, defence and immigration enforcement are not included in this offer.
Worth noting that the 8 month severance offer through the end of the government fiscal year is the most that is legally allowed without Congress passing another appropriations bill.
Very generous. https://t.co/gyr9eR6fhO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025
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This just out from Newsweek —
Donald Trump Gets Major Boost on DOGE Move
President Donald Trump‘s plans to downsize the federal government has strong public support, according to a survey.
A poll from Reuters/Ipsos found that Trump’s proposal, which will be overseen by the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is the only executive order or action from the president that has the backing of a majority of U.S. adults. …
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Trump To Offer Buyouts To All Federal Workers
Update (1750ET): According to CNBC, the buyout offer is for all 2 million federal workers. One senior administration official told the outlet that they expect 5-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which could lead to roughly $100 billion in savings.
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In December, then-President-elect Donald Trump warned federal employees working from home that they would have to return to the office, or “they’re going to be dismissed.”
Now, according to Axios, the Trump administration will send out a memo Tuesday afternoon offering to pay federal workers who don’t want to return to the office, in what would amount to an 8-month severance through Sept. 30, a White House official tells the outlet.
“The government-wide email being sent today is to make sure that all federal workers are on board with the new administration’s plan to have federal employees in office and adhering to higher standards. We’re five years past COVID and just 6 percent of federal employees work full-time in office. That is unacceptable,” said the anonymous senior administration official.
More via Axios:
It’s not clear how many workers would be eligible for this offer, or how it would be paid for.
- According to guidance posted on OPMs website, in order to be eligible for severance pay workers must have completed at least “12 months of continuous service,” as well as meet other requirements.
- Political appointees aren’t eligible for severance, per the website.
Many federal workers are already feeling scared about the administration’s crackdown on DEI, its return-to-office policy and the effort to reclassify civil servants.
- That unease could increase take-up on this new offer.
Earlier on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the president has the authority to fire federal employees.
- While that is true about at-will political appointees, federal workers have more protections.
- Leavitt was defending Trump’s firings of at least a dozen agency inspectors general.
During the pandemic, approximately 2.3 million federal employees shifted away from traditional office spaces. This shift was not just a temporary adjustment, but a transformational move that many hoped would persist post-pandemic due to its perceived benefits in work-life balance and reduced operational costs.
The Biden administration, acknowledging these benefits, continued to support telework, facilitating the reduction of government-owned real estate and integrating flexible work arrangements into the fabric of federal employment. However, with Trump’s election, a quick pivot is on the horizon.
Unsurprisingly, Trump’s call for a return to office has been met with resistance from federal employees and unions. Approximately 56 percent of the civil service is covered under collective bargaining agreements that include telework provisions, while a full 10% of federal jobs are now designated as fully “remote,” according to the Washington Post.
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ER: Michael Baxter reviews those massive hirings of IRS (internal revenue service) agents during the Biden regime, who were weaponized against US citizens …
IRS Agents Resign After Trump Threatens Them with Border Duty
President Donald J. Trump has found a novel way to trim the fat from a federal agency known for harassing and antagonizing hardworking American citizens. Immediately after he announced his intent to send 90,000 superfluous IRS agents to the border, 1,500 tendered letters of resignation, writing that their training was incompatible with border duty. They wrote that Biden had employed them to enforce tax laws and audit tax evaders, not to don combat boots and patrol El Paso and Eagle Pass.
It’s unclear if Trump’s proclamation was sincere, but the Biden regime had hired over 80,000 new agents after Biden in 2022 allocated $80 billion in new IRS funding. Biden claimed the money was to update the IRS’ outdated computer system and to replace soon-to-be retiring employees. He had promised the Service wouldn’t increase audits on anyone earning under $400K/year. But that was a bald-faced lie. In 2023, IRS audits on persons earning even $75K/year increased by 300 percent. Armed agents showed up at peoples’ homes unannounced, demanding receipts proving the legitimacy of tax deductions.
Many Republicans and MAGA lawmakers saw Biden’s $80 billion dowery for what it was: An attack on the middle-class and low-income earners. But since Biden was backed by the full force of the Deep State and his puppet masters, Republicans were powerless to repeal his unconstitutional initiative. Biden had also lied about how and when he would dish out the cash to the IRS. He claimed that allotments would take place over 10 years and that it would take the IRS an equal amount of time to hire 80,000 new employees. However, within three months, the IRC received a $37 billion cash infusion and hired 26,500 fresh agents, giving the IRS more power over ordinary taxpayers. Fearing that Republicans might expose the scheme, the Biden regime accelerated funding and arming the IRS, and by the time Trump resumed his rightful place in the Oval Office on January 20, the IRS was $53 billion wealthier.
Administration and White Hat sources have told RRN that President Trump had considered abolishing the IRS but, after consulting with advisors, decided that eliminating the agency entirely would be too radical a move.
So, Trump and his thinktank devised a less extreme alternative: Threaten to pull Biden’s new hires out of their comfortable offices and put them on border patrol, and his announcement to send nearly 90,000 tax officials to Texas and Arizona sent shockwaves rippling throughout the corrupt service.
“You know, they’re so strong on guns. But these people are allowed to carry guns. So we will probably move them to the border,” President Trump stated.
The statement aligns with Trump’s ‘Save America’ agenda, which focuses on reducing the size of the federal government, but infuriated treasury agents who thought they’d earn an easy paycheck harassing the citizenry.
Within two days of Trump’s proclamation, 1,500 treasury agents in 15 states submitted resignation letters, with many opining that President Trump was a “capricious bastard” lacking authority to alter their assigned duties.
Trump spokesperson Ian Kelley, White House Special Assistant to the President and the War Room, told RRN, “I can’t say if the President’s going forward with this, but if IRS agents are resigning, that’s a big win for the average American citizen.”
Source
Featured image source, Trump: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-federal-workers-buyouts
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