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Trump shrinks Federal workforce by 10%

Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:08 pm
Posted by bigjoe1
Member since Jan 2024
1760 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:08 pm
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The federal workforce shrank by a little more than 10% during the first year of President Donald Trump's second term in the White House, according to the Pew Research Center.

An analysis by the Pew Research Center of newly released government data found that the federal workforce fell by 10.3% in 2025 — a net reduction of nearly 238,000 employees — as the Trump administration moved aggressively to trim what it has long described as an oversized and inefficient bureaucracy.

The decline came as more than 348,000 federal employees quit, retired, were laid off, or otherwise left government service last year, an 80.8% increase from 2024.

At the same time, only about 116,900 people were hired — a 55.6% drop from the previous year.
NEWSMAX

Well it's a start. Now finish off the Dept. of Education.
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
13388 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:11 pm to
Sweet. More money for wars on behalf of foreign governments.
Posted by cadillacattack
the ATL
Member since May 2020
10491 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:12 pm to
Still not pre covid levels
Posted by bigjoe1
Member since Jan 2024
1760 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:19 pm to
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Still not pre covid levels


Yep.
Once entrenched it's hard to unwind.
Posted by GTnerd
ATL Jawja baby
Member since Sep 2023
823 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:21 pm to
And yet we added 2.25 trillion to the national debt last year
Posted by Meauxjeaux
102836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
46620 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:22 pm to
That’s all? Moar
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20752 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:27 pm to
And I just paid more taxes today than ever. Im paying premium prices for gas and groceries. Homeowners, Auto, and Health insurance are higher than ever. Im getting fleeced for donations every time I open my email.

Yeah I know. Kamala blah blah. Save your downvotes.

Im just patiently waiting for all this winning to pay off in some way other than message board and social media bragging rights.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
74562 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 1:28 pm to
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Now finish off the Dept. of Education.


For a bunch that allegedly has that as a goal they sure have enjoyed wielding the DoE's power.
This post was edited on 3/16/26 at 1:29 pm
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
5715 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:13 pm to
You only care about you. When it all comes together, punks like you will have given up...which causes the process to repeat because of weak bitchez like yourself.
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
37590 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:15 pm to
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Im just patiently waiting for all this winning to pay off in some way other than message board and social media bragging rights.

We've been cooked since we passed $1T in deficit debt.

I'm sorry to inform you that patiently waiting is a fruitless endeavor. It's never going to get better unless we balkanize and divide, and even then it will take a couple generations to fix.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
21486 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:16 pm to
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
1213 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:18 pm to
Good news in general.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20752 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:24 pm to
quote:

You only care about you



Well. Nobody else is going to. Who exactly should I be caring about? Maybe one day you will understand kid.
Posted by RCDfan1950
United States
Member since Feb 2007
39437 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:26 pm to
Add another 10% by the end of Trump’s term per AI. That 20 million imported and mostly unemployable immigrants won’t help the coming economic recession. I used to think that Trump could do it again but given the massive immigration, AI and ME oil craziness I’m not as sure. Could tailspin into another Covid like recession.
Posted by Azkiger
Member since Nov 2016
27829 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:27 pm to
Derrr, but muh job numbers!
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
54809 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:27 pm to
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Im getting fleeced for donations every time I open my email.

This doesn’t belong on your list.
Posted by rbm1
Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2011
695 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:33 pm to
I remember Bush the 2nd first day in office gave 850,000 pink slips and ofc the media interviewed the employees walking out of their partisan jobs with boxes in hand. When Trump didnt do that his first day in 2017 and said he was going to work with the demorats I knew he was in for a world of hurt. Ofc I had no idea how much crap in had stepped into but man America wake up! Firing them all reduces the Left!
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
19732 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:37 pm to
quote:

And I just paid more taxes today than ever. Im paying premium prices for gas and groceries. Homeowners, Auto, and Health insurance are higher than ever. Im getting fleeced for donations every time I open my email.

Yeah I know. Kamala blah blah. Save your downvotes.

Im just patiently waiting for all this winning to pay off in some way other than message board and social media bragging rights.


If you paid more in taxes wouldnt that mean, uh, um, ah.....you are making more money than ever?
Posted by David_DJS
Member since Aug 2005
22553 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:40 pm to
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Once entrenched it's hard to unwind.

Which is why you don't take the knee on a hoax in the first place.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20752 posts
Posted on 3/16/26 at 2:53 pm to
As a percentage of my income.


quote:

uh, um, ah.



are you ok?


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