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The Trump administration is aggressively cutting the federal workforce, targeting probationary employees have yet to qualify for civil service protections.

Agencies nationwide are issuing mass layoff notices, affecting thousands of workers, including veterans and specialists in healthcare, education, and agriculture. Some employees were fired despite accepting voluntary buyouts.

Labor unions are challenging the terminations in court, while critics argue the cuts are chaotic and ineffective at reducing the deficit.

The layoffs may also impact job growth and government services, raising concerns about long-term consequences.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer 40 points 3 weeks ago

That is Project 2025. Kill federal agencies and replace with privatize those functions. Reduce justice until it's just the enforcement arm of the administration. Kill everything to do with climate or equality in any form. Cut taxes.

In the end, replacing non profit bureaucracy with for profit monopolies is asking to be beaten to death with fees and legalized bribery making everything more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump 2025: Make America Unemployed Again!

[–] CheeryLBottom 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, at the end of the year, I wonder what the unemployment rate will be... All across the job spectrum

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fire them, make them spend all their money, evict them, criminalize living on the street, put them in a work camp, slave labor problem solved.