Let's call out the bullshit scam being told by the bullshit scam artists. This MAGA/Trump/Musk firing federal workers is not about saving federal dollars. It is not about cutting waste and fraud.
For Trump it is about destroying the U.S. as he is being directed by Putin.
For Musk it is about privatizing these essential government services with him taking a cut off the top of every dollar so that he can become a multi-trillionaire.
For Republicans it is a nearly century long effort to end aiding the middle class and poor so as to keep them downtrodden and desperate for and grateful for for any jobs from the wealthy.
For MAGA it's just about being fooled by decades long Republican politicking against government waste.
Say goodbye to rural hospitals and elderly managed care facilities.
Couple of facts:
- First, only 3% of the federal budget pays for civilian federal employees. This is a drop in the bucket. If you cut it in half you save about 1.5%. Big f'ing deal.
- Second, 50 years ago the federal workforce was about 2.8 million and today it is about 2.9 million per ChatGPT, and the U.S population has grown from 215 million to 330 million over that same 50 years. So the workforce has been essentially constant while the population grew 50%.
So spare me the bullshit scam and lies. Of course there are some things you can find. They find anecdotal examples of abuse that do not tell the real story of the tremendous help government programs and government employees provide. It’s a con.
Time for America to wake up and smell the stench of corruption that has taken over what used to be the Republican Party.
