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Federal workers and their income are as real as any other American, Marge. They have Families. They pay taxes. Their spending generates economic activity. Your premise is INSULTING and LUDICROUS! For example: For every $1 in IRS pay auditing people in the Top 1% AGR, the taxpayer RON is $13.00 That goes up to $26 / 1 the higher up you go. Similarly, though there is fraud in any big system, the SSA, Medicaid and the VA all run much, much, much leaner than any civilian counterparts. Regular GAO audits demonstrate this over and over again.
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said federal workers “don’t deserve” their paychecks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Tuesday.
“Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue, by the way. They’re consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people, who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes and then pay these federal employees,” Greene said during the hearing.
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said federal workers “don’t deserve” their paychecks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Tuesday.
“Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue, by the way. They’re consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people, who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes and then pay these federal employees,” Greene said during the hearing.
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The next step in large scale reductions in force, which if one were to read Project 2025, is a 75% reduction in the federal workforce.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/trump-doge-mass-layoffs-federal-workforce/ [login to see] 7/
A 75% reduction in federal workforce would result in most things in federal gov't functioning very slowly, with an increadibly high error rate, (like getting your tax refund 6-12 month after filing, and getting back half what you were due, or getting your April social security check in September, missing some amount) not functioning at all...
In FY2022, the total federal employee payroll cost us about $271B in wages, health coverage and FERS contribution. If we had a balanced budget in FY2022, (zero budget deficit spending), that total cost to our federal spending is about 6% of the budget.
Drastically slashing that relatively VERY SMALL line item, does almost nothing to bring down deficit spending, against the very real risk of breaking every service that all Americans who aren't billionaires count on every day.
You worried about that 0.84% of all social security payments being in error? Get ready for a 40% error rate.
You worried about the govt getting the revenue to continue? There is $500B in unpaid taxes every year. Cut the IRS by half, you'll see trillions in unpaid taxes every year.
On Medicare today? It will seem like you aren't next year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/trump-doge-mass-layoffs-federal-workforce/ [login to see] 7/
A 75% reduction in federal workforce would result in most things in federal gov't functioning very slowly, with an increadibly high error rate, (like getting your tax refund 6-12 month after filing, and getting back half what you were due, or getting your April social security check in September, missing some amount) not functioning at all...
In FY2022, the total federal employee payroll cost us about $271B in wages, health coverage and FERS contribution. If we had a balanced budget in FY2022, (zero budget deficit spending), that total cost to our federal spending is about 6% of the budget.
Drastically slashing that relatively VERY SMALL line item, does almost nothing to bring down deficit spending, against the very real risk of breaking every service that all Americans who aren't billionaires count on every day.
You worried about that 0.84% of all social security payments being in error? Get ready for a 40% error rate.
You worried about the govt getting the revenue to continue? There is $500B in unpaid taxes every year. Cut the IRS by half, you'll see trillions in unpaid taxes every year.
On Medicare today? It will seem like you aren't next year.
Trump administration shifts to next phase of large-scale cuts to federal workforce
The Trump administration Wednesday ordered heads of federal departments and agencies to prepare to initiate \
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SGM Jeff Mccloud
LTC Kevin B. - Folks talk about how govt should run like a business. Yes and no.
Yes, a govt should not operate at a net loss, like a business shouldn't.
No, a gov't should not structure their policy and operations to maximize profit for shareholders (those rich enough to influence policy for their own gain and too rich to worry about loss of services), at the cost of poor service and high prices for the customers (all the citizens who aren't rich enough to not worry about loss of govt services).
Yes, a govt should not operate at a net loss, like a business shouldn't.
No, a gov't should not structure their policy and operations to maximize profit for shareholders (those rich enough to influence policy for their own gain and too rich to worry about loss of services), at the cost of poor service and high prices for the customers (all the citizens who aren't rich enough to not worry about loss of govt services).
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