'Have a Nice Vacation': Trump Offers Millions of Federal Bureaucrats a Buyout to Get Rid of Them

Joseph MacKinnon : Jan 29, 2025
The Blaze

[TheBlaze.com] When it comes to shrinking the size of the federal bureaucracy, President Donald Trump evidently means business. The White House issued a memo Tuesday offering buyouts to millions of federal workers in an effort to expedite the downsizing process and to ultimately save American taxpayers oodles of cash. The US Office of Personnel Management revealed Tuesday in a post titled "Fork in the Road" that an email was sent to all eligible full-time federal employees presenting them with a choice. They could either remain in their current position, meeting enhanced standards of conduct and working in their physical offices five days a week without any "certainty of their position or agency," or they could alternatively opt for a "dignified, fair departure from the federal government utilizing a deferred resignation program." ... "American taxpayers pay for the salaries of federal government employees, and therefore deserve employees working on their behalf who actually show up to work in our wonderful federal buildings, also paid for by taxpayers," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: Pexels)