The mass firings have begun

[NetJedi]

The federal government began laying off thousands of employees Friday as part of a mass reduction in force tied to the government shutdown.

Layoff notices were sent to about 4,200 employees across eight government agencies, the Office of Management and Budget said in court documents in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, which represents 800,000 workers.

Nearly 1,500 Treasury Department employees were laid off, about 1,300 workers at the IRS, Health and Human Services Department was also among the agencies hit reporting layoffs of up to 1,200 employees.

Dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received termination notices Friday, including about 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as “disease detectives,” and staff at the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publication.

The Department of Homeland Security notified 176 workers they’d be laid off.

Considering there is close to 3 million federal employees, this is a good start. Thanks Chuckie Schumer.

MSN

These are rookie numbers, Russ needs to step up his game, BIG TIME.

Start with the folks whose services were never required
...then move on to the folks whose services are no longer required

That should account for at least a million and a half, then Russ can work on the federal bureaucrats that are just plain counter-productive assholes.

 

[sartre play]

When ever I think getting what I want is more important
than what is best for me & the family long term,
Some times thinking long term is better.
Some times I just grab the moment with out thinking.
FOR important stuff like our country
its really important to move with care, & think about the different possible end results.

 

[Mac1958]

On the plus side some of these agencies have had to hire back a lot of the people Elon fired because they learned just that. I read somewhere that the Department of Ed rehired about half the people Elon fired just to get the student loan side functioning again at even a snail's pace and I am sure a lot of the one's Trump just RIF'd will we back to get the the K-12 side working again in due course. At the same time, Biden really effed up that Department so the current Administration inherited a mess to begin with. Now there are a lot of people who should have had their loans discharged by now that won't before the end of the year meaning they are going to be facing massive tax liabilities that they legally would have avoided had the Department done what it was supposed to do before December 31, 2025.

As for efficiency, I have never really been opposed to the GOP idea of block grants to states and let them innovate as that in theory would be more efficient. I am just not sure many of these states would be innovative other than in funneling the money to something else, so I am not sure how to improve things.

First, all this stuff would have to be top down. So, as you mention, the block grants to states. Also at a federal level, reductions in the amount of growth or even freezes. But each state and each department has to know what they have and what they're responsible for. They can't just slash and burn without planning.

Then there has to be an effective standardized auditing system for both state and federal. I can't imagine that can't be done with all the advances we've had in tech. You can't fix or improve what you can't measure.

This shit can be done. But as usual, politics poisons everything it touches.

 

[j-mac]

First, all this stuff would have to be top down. So, as you mention, the block grants to states. Also at a federal level, reductions in the amount of growth or even freezes. But each state and each department has to know what they have and what they're responsible for. They can't just slash and burn without planning.

Then there has to be an effective standardized auditing system for both state and federal. I can't imagine that can't be done with all the advances we've had in tech. You can't fix or improve what you can't measure.

This shit can be done. But as usual, politics poisons everything it touches.

Be truthful, this is how you imagine it to be....If you don't like it, then pressure dem senators to open the government.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Link already posted. Many already being hired back.

You would think someone would learn along the way wouldnt you?

Many? A few. The vast majority are job hunting.

 

[Dekster]

First, all this stuff would have to be top down. So, as you mention, the block grants to states. Also at a federal level, reductions in the amount of growth or even freezes. But each state and each department has to know what they have and what they're responsible for. They can't just slash and burn without planning.

Then there has to be an effective standardized auditing system for both state and federal. I can't imagine that can't be done with all the advances we've had in tech. You can't fix or improve what you can't measure.

This shit can be done. But as usual, politics poisons everything it touches.

Of course. My city's former city manager never met a government grant he wouldn't apply for. As long as it was free money, he didn't care if we really needed whatever or not, especially during the War on Terror and Shovel Ready spending sprees. Cameras on every stoplight---that'll teach Bin Laden; Armored cars, we'll take em; replace two bridges with 4, you betcha, and throw in one of them pedestrian walkways on each one. bike lanes why yes we need so many bike lanes that the tour de france could move its 2K mile race right here if need be.

 

[pknopp]

Of course. My city's former city manager never met a government grant he wouldn't apply for. As long as it was free money, he didn't care if we really needed whatever or not, especially during the War on Terror and Shovel Ready spending sprees. Cameras on every stoplight---that'll teach Bin Laden; Armored cars, we'll take em; replace two bridges with 4, you betcha, and throw in one of them pedestrian walkways on each one. bike lanes why yes we need so many bike lanes that the tour de france could move its

That happened under Trump.

 

[DonGlock26]

Anyone else tired of Mac's insufferable posts about how great he is and the rest of us are cavemen?

Yeah me too

Mac the Obama voter.

 

[Independent thinker]

Because why? Because you don't think those people are doing anything?

If this is what you guys want, then sure. Let's go with it. This is what you voted for, after all.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm, we owe 38 trillion dollars because of the bloated government.

 

[Harry Dresden]

So about 8 would come back.

depends on what the job is....

 

[my2¢]

I can't imagine a 0.14% reduction of the federal government's civilian workforce will be any sort of factor in ending the shutdown.

I've never been for our Congress sitting on their butts in regard to the performance of their Constitution duties. No matter the political consequences, elections should have consequences. Get rid of the filibuster permanently.

 

[Anathema]

Many banks and businesses wouldnt either.

Even better. Sounds good to me.

 

[leftwinger]

Because why? Because you don't think those people are doing anything?

If this is what you guys want, then sure. Let's go with it. This is what you voted for, after all.

Yep clear out DC deadwood and cheating lying criminal Demonrats.

 

[leftwinger]

As of July 2025, the number of federal employees was reported at 2.933 million, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This number does not include active-duty military personnel, contractors, or members of the intelligence community, and excludes private-sector contractors who provide services to the government


Wow. Contractors not included. Those who do the real dirty work. These DC Stain just monitor them. Shameful.

Also, Military not included in 2.9million.

 

[Thinker101]

When ever I think getting what I want is more important
than what is best for me & the family long term,
Some times thinking long term is better.
Some times I just grab the moment with out thinking.
FOR important stuff like our country
its really important to move with care, & think about the different possible end results.

There ya go, you'd be a terrible Democrat.

 

[Doc7505]

Firing people because money doesn't grow on trees should become the new trend.

~~~~~~>
That's not what the Fed keeps telling us... They continue to print that paper they call money...

 

[whitehall]

Did we really need those drones? Why don't democrats do something besides whine to their minions in the media?

 

[Darkwind]

that cuts the military down a lot.....

It does not touch the Military. That 2.93 million is the number of civilian employees.

 

[Billiejeens]

Because why? Because you don't think those people are doing anything?

If this is what you guys want, then sure. Let's go with it. This is what you voted for, after all.

It is what we voted for
Thanks for noticing.

 

[Billiejeens]

They let DOGE run wild. They cut medicaid for how many Americans? Medical care for Americans is already awful because even if you have a good job, who knows what your insurance will choose to cover?

Despite doing these things, they still raised the deficit so they could continue giving tax cuts to the elite rich? Poverty in America is insane compared to countries in Europe, but yet America is much wealthier. And you guys just keep voting to make your situation worse.

If you want the idea of smal government, then why aren't you outraged at what Trump is doing by mobilzing the miltiary against democratic states????

The USA is not the proper country for you.