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[–] 162 points 2 years ago (17 children)

They are going to be stuck rehiring people that resign as consultants because they won't have the people to run the legally required programs in place.

It will end up costing more money for the government.

I have little hope that the people that actually vote will even remember how fucked all this is two years from now.

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  • [–] 151 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They’ll require that consultants are hired through a company owned by a Trump subsidiary and pocket a percentage of the pay.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I dunno, how does 8 months pay sound more appealing than a pension?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Most federal civilian employees are now on a 401(k) equivalent. Air Traffic likes to mention how they are one of the ones left with a pension, but clearly, nothing is guaranteed.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We get both. A 401k equivalent called TSP (Thrift Savings Plan) and FERS. People hired after a certain year ( i wanna say 2011 or 2013) pay substantially more into FERS than people hired before (less than 1% vs 4.3% of pay). I don't expect either to pay out in my lifetime tbh.

    TSP is also unique in that you can take a loan from it directly, not using it as colateral. Any interest paid goes right back into your TSP.

    This is also an option if jumping ship:

    https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/retire-faq/leaving-the-government/how-do-i-apply-to-have-my-retirement-contributions-refunded-to-me-in-a-one-time-payment/

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I’m pretty sure the idea is to get rid of dissenters in an easy and legal way, while keeping those like-minded individuals who will toe the line.

    I think the idea is to scare dissenters into quitting, because otherwise their position may get downsized otherwise and they lose out on any benefits and pension.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    "legally required programs"? What law? Show me where that matters. Who will enforce such laws when all of the people running these programs are gone?

    I know why Trump appeals to so many people. He's the politician/business who acknowledged that rules are made up by fallible humans and can be re-written. The problem is, when we have similar politicians on the left who try to break the system for the working class the liberals agree that it's terrible in the same way that they agree that trump is terrible, but the oligarchs don't see an avenue for profit and so they fight against them as well.

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  • [–] 86 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Putin's (very) useful idiot is now in the process of completing his work destroying the US federal government. Hope state governments can pick up the slack, because they'll have to.

    EDIT: And, surprise! Red states are more dependent on federal funding than blue states are.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm guessing most Federal workers aren't stupid enough to believe Trump would actually pay the buyout amount. Especially after Presidential "advisor" Elon failed to pay Twitter severance.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's a good thing this guy always pays his debts otherwise some might think this is a dirt trick.

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    [–] 41 points 2 years ago

    Important information sharing from https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12627783 !

    Someone on reddit pointed out there’s an OPM rule that makes max payout at something like $25k. Let me go dig it up real quick.

    Because that means a lot of people wouldn’t get paid the full amount and Trump is absolutely the kind of person who would use shit like that as an excuse to not keep paying out. I wouldn’t trust this deal because based on stuff like this it doesn’t pass the sniff test.

    Apologies for (slight retch) a reddit link:

    https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1ice9ml/trump_administration_offering_buyouts_to_nearly/m9pya4z/

    zedextol:

    Per OPM, the federal government can’t legally pay more than $25k, pre-tax. This is another scam. Trump is the literal master of grift. You think he’s gonna make good on this debt after years of not paying his bills?

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    https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/voluntary-separation-incentive-payments/

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago

    Fuck up the system enough to make it fail.

    Reinstall what you need with only Party loyalists.

    Now you control the system.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Watch them word it poorly and accidentally release every active duty service member from their contracts.

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is going to save so much money guys. Nevermind that they'll likely end up rehiring most of these folks at higher rates when they realize they don't know the code for the fax machine.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    This doesn't seem in any way legal

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Says who? Under the US legal system, anything is legal if the SCOTUS agrees with it. If Trump declared himself Führer tomorrow they'd validate that as constitutional. At this point suing the US government for its blatantly unconstitutional acts is merely a delaying tactic.

    Americans must stop twiddling their thumbs while expecting Trump's DoJ/SCOTUS/congress to work for the American people and start resisting because the key institutions have already fallen to fascism.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    It's not actually a buyout. It's a promise to pay them exactly how much they would make to work for 6 more months and then quit. But they can't quit before then. Also they need to let them know by next week. Also also, there will be no additional severance pay.

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  • [+] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Break it, then claim it's not working and only you can fix it, straight out of the fascist playbook

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Is this president wankpanzer firing people that he will regret to have fired and then rehire them again, again?!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So what happens when every employee in the IRS takes the offer, quits immediately and goes home?

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