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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

i dont follow him closely but didnt realize he was maga, so lame.

fafo

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

The best response would be that you can't help because your representative(s) that would have agreed with keeping NOAA around weren't elected into office.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The federal government is literally the same size it was in the early 1970s.

Idiots voting red: "the gubments gotten too big!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What do you mean by “same size”? Is it the same number of employees? Same number of divisions?

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[–] Kbobabob 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What do you consider "the federal government".

There are roughly 3 million people in the federal government and that number varies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I was strictly speaking of the number of civilian federal employees. Yes that number was 3 million as of December 2024. It was roughly 2.8 million in 1970. It has always been around that amount, despite the population and complexity of the country growing in the 55 years since.

It is a lie that the government is larger at least in terms of employees, and any citizen saying they feel the government has "gotten too big" is generally a fucking moron. Especially when those types typically support the abusively bloated and heavily unchecked defense spending.

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[–] BigPotato 8 points 2 days ago

Oklahoma Storm Chaser group

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/state/2025/02/28/nws-norman-layoffs-include-meteorologists-ou-students/80852732007/

A lot of them give themselves... Unnecessarily hardcore names.

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