Trump administration plans to cut over 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs

[elektra]

You claim that. Always sucking up to the Democrats. Sheesh, I'll never understand.

How can you claim there is any sort of hardship in an economy you praised

 

[pknopp]

How can you claim there is any sort of hardship in an economy you praised

You praised it.

 

[whitehall]

Angry federal workers leaking lies to the media to try to influence political opinion and the mostly left wing media outlets accepting the lie without investigation. Welcome to Orwell's world.

 

[el midgetron]

Cutting 80K employees will very likely have a real impact on the services veterns receive. Because the remaining employees will get their asses in gear to make themselves useful, out of fear that their jobs will face the same fate.

A lean and efficient machine is more effective than a bloated and broken one.

 

[elektra]

You praised it.

You can't comprehend anything

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

If the VA has over 80,000 employees why is veteran care so abysmal?

Because it is not. Most of my family is on VA health care and we could not be happier.

I am sure there are isolated examples of poor care, but those are personnel related and are usually easily fixed by replacing the caretakers with better people.

 

[Moonglow]

Cutting 80K employees will very likely have a real impact on the services veterns receive. Because the remaining employees will get their asses in gear to make themselves useful, out of fear that their jobs will face the same fate.

A lean and efficient machine is more effective than a bloated and broken one.

Really? What an idiot.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It don't mean that at all. They get far unemployment checks.

Far?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

OK Skippy

Explain how Trump has done any serious evaluations in six weeks to decide who should be fired and who stays

Most are unionized, meaning the last hired, is the first fired. No evaluations needed.

Most of these people were recently hired probationary employees. They are just no longer employed. Have a nice day!

 

[Concerned American]

Easy. You get rid of people who aren't contributing or not working while removing regulations that bog up the system.

When I left the federal government 4 years ago I spent roughly 30% of my time taking classes online and doing paperwork.

LOL, that was a big reason why I retired 11 years ago. They were having meetings to decide if they were going to have a meeting or not. SMH--so nothing has changed.

 

[Concerned American]

482k people work for the VA. He's saying 80 which likely means it ends up at 40 so less than a 10% reduction in man power,, but even if it ends up at 80 its less than a 20% reduction. I'm willing to bet there isn't a single Government agency who isn't bloated by at least 25%. If Trump said he was going in increase the manpower at the VA you'd ***** about that as well. Or if he said he was going to keep it the same you'd complain.

Can you imagine how the ones left are going to up their game when that surplus 5% start to compete for the existing jobs?

 

[elektra]

Far?

Fat, like my fat fingers that hits the r instead of the t

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Fat, like my fat fingers that hits the r instead of the t

Sorry! I just couldn't guess what word you were looking for! Thanks! I do that a lot too!

 

[22lcidw]

OK

Explain how you can cut one in six employees and not affect services to veterans

There are distortions from Covid. Returning to what was before Covid is just treading water and look at the roadway stage the Progs are doing. Imagine if we start making some cuts from the fat after that.

 

[rightwinger]

Most are unionized, meaning the last hired, is the first fired. No evaluations needed.

Most of these people were recently hired probationary employees. They are just no longer employed. Have a nice day!

Trump went after probationary employees because they were low hanging fruit and did not have MSPB protections
Instead of thanking them for their service and explaining they were let go for budgetary reasons, the prick insisted on saying they were let go for poor performance in their termination letters
Even though they had good appraisals, recent promotions or performance bonuses on their record

 

[The Duke]

Mid terms should be interesting with a 20% unemployment rate.

^Wtf is this Nostradumbass prediction?
20% of government employees laid off is a good start, but I want more!

 

[Foolardi]

I see no way you can cut the VA by 80,000 without affecting veterans services

Trump does not care about our veterans. He thinks they are suckers

I Remember when Obama took the White House vets were getting
the short end of the stick { When they went for their Meds and also
hospital care }.It got pretty ugly.The way Under Obama ... Vets were
denied Care,services and meds.Like Big Time.
Obama couldn't even bother to engage the problem.
He let it fester.Obama was a cruddy Potus.Never once showed up
to give a press Conference on time.Bush 43 hardly ever late to a
presser.Like clockwork he was.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Depends on what the job entails

I'll bet it's not doctors, nurses, therapists, etc. Just overweight administrative

You're wrong. Big ******* surprise there.

 

[rightwinger]

The majority do very little. Losing a small percent won’t make them any slower.

More stupidity from the right

You are firing people for no reason and convince yourself it is because they do very little.

Blame the victim

 

[rightwinger]

Why does accountability count?
What is the usefulness of being supervised?

Accountability reduces waste and increases efficiency

Exactly
A person working at home can account for what they accomplish as well as a person working in a cubicle

You evaluate the product they produce, not whether they park their ass in a cubicle