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[–] sp00kygh0st [S] 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
He's already cutting government before even being elected!
[–] geeraf 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
And hopefully 1 in 4 more will be firedTM because a simple python script could automate plenty of useless government office jobs.
[–] epsilona01 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
So.. middle management types? Cause regular workers probably won't quit a job, they're accustomed to eating. Good riddance to the fat in the middle.
[–] samwisekoi 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Can we start with the Department of Education and the Department of Justice? Offices of Civil Rights and ATF to start?
Use the savings to properly fund veterans support and health services?
Also an independent prosecutor for email server security investigations.
[–] arrggg 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Good. 1 in 4 federal employees are a waste of space anyway.
[–] badkangaroo ago
for a smaller government vote Trump.
[–] TheRealVladimirPutin ago
Good, we don't need them.
[–] Dereliction ago
What are these worthless morons going to do? Get a job in the private sector where they have to be productive? Good luck with that. They'll never leave the taxpayers tit.
[–] TheRealVladimirPutin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Much of the federal workforce is over 50, making six figures, and have a large government-funded pension. They can just retire.