2d ago

75,000 workers accept Trump’s buyout program

www.semafor.com 75,000 workers accept Trump’s buyout program

The news comes shortly after a judge lifted a pause on the program.

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Dumb fucks

Those poor fools.

I have a friend who's taking it but only because he was going to leave anyway.
- Yeah, similar to someone I know, who knew they were on their way out regardless of any dumb stunts.
  People calling them stupid are automatically assuming the worst of them based on one piece of evidence.

They're never going to get paid. He's going to leave them high and dry
- It's not his money, so I don't see why he'd care either way. Seems easier to pay.
- He can't legally do this, and he won't fight after people leave.
  https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/separating-truth-from-fiction-on
  
  Man y'all keep using words like legal, constitutional, court order, etc... I just don't know if y'all are understanding the situation. We're well past legal.
  
  Judge said it's ok, totally legal now... Awaiting appeal.
  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/12/judge-restores-president-trumps-buyouts-for-federal-employees/78479179007/

My bet is they won't get paid what's been promised to them because that's been the conman's modus operandi since forever.
- But in this case it's not his money.
  
  Except that's why it actually matters. He controls his own finances, but Congress controls the government's. If the continued pay they're promising isn't accounted for in legislation, bad advice from the president or Elon doesn't force the government to pay
  
  Not yet
- Hold it it up in the justice system for the sake of efficienxy.

How many of those 75,000 are a few months from retirement anyway?
- That's almost exactly the number of expected retirements. I think it's something like 110k regular retirements in a year and the period covers 2/3rds of a year, so it's basically spot on.
- Of the handful of people I know of, most were retiring anyway. They're basically getting 7 months of paid leave. I wished one person a happy retirement last week and then "welcome back" this week. They're working until the end of February.
  Of the one person I know that isn't eligible for retirement, they were planning on leaving anyway due to circumstances in their family.
  What I'm interested in is how many of those people will be back by October as contractors. I've seen it before where someone retires and then a few months later they're back working in a similar job. Just because someone leaves gov services doesn't mean their skill sets aren't in demand.
  
  Does this mean historical knowledge will leave quickly leaving gaps in how or why things work?
  
  Of the one person I know that isn’t eligible for retirement, they were planning on leaving anyway due to circumstances in their family.
  That was going to be my second question- how many were not retiring, but were planning on leaving for other reasons? How many had a new job lined up before Trump even took office?
  These idiots put no restrictions on this offer. And despite that, 75,000 is still far lower than the number of federal employees who retired per year in the past 10 years according to OPM.
  https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center/retirement-statistics/
  So that means even plenty of people who would entirely benefit from this offer at no risk to themselves are telling Trump to go fuck himself.

wtf is up with that thumbnail image? Either a mid shop job or a weird ass image-gen on just the face. Just...why?
- It looks like a baby who just pooped it's diaper. I'm inclined to think it is a real photo.
  
  It's not that the face is unbelievable, it's the weird, high definition of the details compared to the rest of the photo. If it was 2015, I'd confidently say they copied a better quality picture of his face over this one.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh

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