No. Not State Funded Media... The National Partnership for Reinventing Government This was in 1998, when there were over 30% fewer civil serpents. Back when that same party in power was pro-tariffs, Pro Russia (Bosnia!) pro-free speech, and anti-big pharma! HOW many fed jobs have we ACTUALLY cut so far in 2025????
Big difference here. "The review lasted six months, and made 384 recommendations to improve the federal bureaucracy. The implementation of those policies took a lot longer, and some required legislation to be passed through Congress. For instance, in 1994, Clinton signed a bill that offered federal workers buyouts of up to $25,000 in an effort to reduce the workforce by 272,000 employees. ... Clinton's buyout plan had overwhelming bipartisan support from Congress, and the law was signed after a review period." They did it legally. Fact Check: Clinton initiative cut over 377K federal jobs in the 1990s. It's not comparable to Trump's effort
Of course there is. ALL my OP said was that NPR cut 250k jobs and eliminated over 100 programmes. The Clintonian program was part of the last real, honest attempt to curb our spending. NOT included in the over 250k were temp employees not given permanent status. Never said they didn't do it legally. I was alive in 1998. I was working as a contractor with the NRL and I do not remember quite the fainting couch workout amongst the federal employees. I thought DOGE offered 8 months plus benefits......for a voluntary RIF. That seems a bit more than $25k to me. Again....HOW many jobs???
"HOW many fed jobs have we ACTUALLY cut so far in 2025" If DoGE were a transparent entity, you could get the answer there. the word 'we' was within quote above but it seems quite meaningless. Feb 13 pledge was to fire all or most of <1 yr employees totaling 220,000. That has mostly not happened yet. About 75,000 have accepted buyout offer. They would have been more senior and not probationary. More numbers are available for various agencies but there is a risk of double counting.
NPR in thread title clickbait did not refer to National Public Radio. That NPR's newsroom has <500 employees, that NPR has total <1000 employees nationally. Individual NPR stations have more employees but I do not make an effort to count them. Unlike Govt Agencies, we have not read of any staff reductions at National Public Radio.
Given a choice between a sure $25k or 8 months of pay + benefits that you might get if some court someday decides the lack of legal authority to make that offer wasn't a problem, which would you choose?
Neither, actually. I still need to work for a few more years. If I were a gov.mint GS-0856 (ET) then I can be expected to make between 50-80 thou a year. Split the diff and that's about 50k a year plus bennies. I'd do what MOST OF THEM are doing and roll the dice - hoping to leg it out for more than 8 months.
But it isn't a choice of one or the other. Those choosing the 8 months are being put on paid administrative leave, which has plenty of leeway for othering. If a court does decide it wasn't legal, they will have to reclaim the pay back from the employees. The early retirement program was also reactivated. The majority, perhaps all, those opting for the pre-resigning program were already in a position to retire to begin with. According to some sources on the NPR of the OP, a $50k buyout may have been approved back then in the 1990s. $25k is the limit an agency can offer without Congressional approval.
Thanks for the real story. I think I may have changed the mind of one person about the rw fake news about the black panthers inhabiting the Calif state capitol building as being like Jan6. Big differences matter.
