Workers dismayed by President Trump's federal hiring freeze

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Jan 24, 6:47 AM EST

Workers dismayed by President Trump's federal hiring freeze

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

 McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- Federal worker Greg Guthrie had held out hope after Donald Trump's election to president that his professed advocacy for the American worker would extend to the federal workforce, too.

That hope diminished after Trump on Monday issued an executive order implementing a hiring freeze across the federal government, with exceptions only for military, national security or public safety personnel.

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[XenaLee]

Jan 24, 6:47 AM EST

Workers dismayed by President Trump's federal hiring freeze

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

 McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- Federal worker Greg Guthrie had held out hope after Donald Trump's election to president that his professed advocacy for the American worker would extend to the federal workforce, too.

That hope diminished after Trump on Monday issued an executive order implementing a hiring freeze across the federal government, with exceptions only for military, national security or public safety personnel.

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Let them be dismayed. 

It's about time (past time, really), that government employees.....whose salaries are paid by an ever-shrinking (under the Democrats) private sector and by private sector employees' taxes....start feeling some pain too.  The insane imbalance needs to be skewed back the other way again.... ie more private sector jobs and less government jobs.  Let's hope that under Trump that change occurs.

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 Poor Greg Guthrie, Riding that Gov gravy train for so long.  Hope you saved some money for your retirement.

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Okay...this explains it:

Guthrie, who is also union officer with the National Federation of Federal Employees.

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"I guess there's a presumption that a lot of people in government are not needed," Guthrie, an information specialist with the Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service in Alexandria, said in a phone interview. ...

Yep, pretty much.

"As a federal worker, it's kind of deflating to be felt like you're unnecessary," he said.

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They quote this stat:

Statistics from the Office of Personnel Management, though, show that the number of executive branch employees hasn't been this low since 1965, and that the number of employees has stayed more or less steady in the last 15 years.

Like that is supposed to mean something?   Fat and bloated for 52 years is still fat and bloated.  And that's just the EX Branch.  A bastion of riff raff at the head of the swamp.

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[HonestJohn]

They quote this stat:
Like that is supposed to mean something?   Fat and bloated for 52 years is still fat and bloated.  And that's just the EX Branch.  A bastion of riff raff at the head of the swamp.

Except that in 1965, nobody in America was really complaining over the size of the government's workforce.

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Except that in 1965, nobody in America was really complaining over the size of the government's workforce.

Well, except for Barry Goldwater in his 1964 campaign:

Goldwater criticized President Johnson for his liberal policies and expansion of the federal government.[37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater_presidential_campaign,_1964

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Except that in 1965, nobody in America was really complaining over the size of the government's workforce.

It was that lying  SOB Johnson's Fault!

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I know of someone who just applied for a military museum position ... it's a shame, since he'd be great for it, and they need the position filled.