re: Number of Americans working for federal government falls to lowest level since 1966

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They do not hurt middle class as much as people driving wages of the middle class down. The overwhelming majority of H1B jobs are above middle class.

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So they take jobs that middle class people could work their way up and elevate themselves into improving their financial status.

Not sure your helping your argument here.

H1B should be severely restricted to the point of shutting it down. Americans should be filling those jobs.

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Plus the consultants aren't going to hire someone to do a job that won't be necessary in the near future as they're likely looking to cut staff as well. (Going to be a big blow to firms that are heavily involved in 401/404 CWA permitting.)

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Correct.

Most of the funding for natural resource management/monitoring is driven by Federal and State monies via grants, etc. Makes sense given they are public resources.

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Private sector being flooded by H1B.

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I went to Costco yesterday and didn’t feel like I was gonna get blown up or step in poop for the first time in a long time but maybe I went on America day

I have a family member who works in the contracts section for a State agency. It's ridiculous the amount of times I hear about a contractor or parish losing their shite because they have to amend their scope of work to reflect the actual work to be done.

I took the Deferred Resignation Program (DFR) last Feb since I qualified and retired on 31 Dec 25. Now I am doing the same job as a contractor in the same area and happy. But not everyone that left is as happy as I am but I do wish them well.

I voted for that.

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Government jobs do not translate well to the private sector. Fact.

Workload, expectations etc. are overwhelming for these folks as they work stress free jobs that don’t miss payroll.

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Once again depends on the sector. For most jobs that have equal functions in both private and government.

But some sectors have always been a function of the government (state or fed) so when those people get let go theres nothing directly equivalent to that field in the private sector.

That's where people will fall through the cracks

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I have a family member who works in the contracts section for a State agency. It's ridiculous the amount of times I hear about a contractor or parish losing their shite because they have to amend their scope of work to reflect the actual work to be done.

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It is all day every day. The contractors have fleets of people hired, charged to the government, whose sole purpose at work is to find ways to cut corners, commit fraud adjacent activity and to find a way to climb a tree to get around a requirement when they could stand on the ground and comply and make more money in the process. The government employee, vilified and cussed soundly, is the ONLY line of defense between the contractor and the taxpayer. These are functions, by the way, that the government is the sole entity capable of providing.....we do not want Bechtel Engineering to hold the nations nuclear arsenal in their warehouse....we don't want the United States Marine Corp to be managed by Fluor or AECOM. We also do not want the Marines to be tied up doing what Bechtel does and is an expert at doing....but that requires someone minding the store and that is most likely a GS 13, making about $120K a year, who most likely is a veteran, who could be making double that in the private sector...and who is vilified as a parasite by the taxpayer for doing the job they were hired to do and keep contractors as honest as possible.


I work as a consultant with a federal agency. The work this agency does is the ONLY thing keeping the globe secure and they are not the DOD. I am a one-man contractor. I do not have a fleet of attorneys on retainer to fight this agency should I try to steal from them so I do not try to do so....that and I have to look at the face I shave, when I shave. This agency has to make me jump through an enormous bureaucracy to do anything because over time they have had to install guard rails that apply to me and Bechtel alike. At times my services include auditing contractors like Bechtel....there aren't near enough government employees to do it, there aren't enough to keep me honest. Not financial auditing but process and quality audits. I have NEVER performed an audit where there were not SIGNIFICANT findings that would negatively impact the mission of this agency. That should not be an independent, third party function....I am happy it is but it ought not be....it should be a government employee doing it. Today there are even more opportunities for me because there fewer government employees....instead of having one or 2 locally who keep me in line there are 5 in Cincinnati keeping hundreds of me in line. This is not studying mating habits of chipmunks...this is a vital national security agency with some seriously dangerous shite. And some folks are happy as clams that fewer people are minding the store. Its pure insanity but it is where we are.

Oh my gosh this is the best news we will get for a long time.

But beware when the Dems are back in power - this reform will be reversed.