ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE from the @washingtonpost.com : The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work. Great reporting from @merylkornfield.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @laurameckler.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
If a story drops in the Washington Post and no one is around to read it, does it still make a difference?
According to the article, the gov't has spent about $21 billion on this. "The officials also could not say how much they expect the cuts will save in payroll costs in the long term." Chaos and cruelty, not cost savings, is the point. Infuriating.
154,006 when you include trump, Vance, Bondi, Noem, Hegseth & RFK Jr., none of whom work for the American people.
Throw in another 535 in Congress
Another genius economic policy 🙄