(02-26-2025, 04:01 PM)Durian Fiend Wrote: BTW, Federal employment numbers peaked at 3.4 million in 1990 and the most recent low was in 2014, with 2.7 million." The federal workforce was actually smaller in 2024 than it was 50 years ago, even though our nation's population has doubled.
Let's remember, these jobs that have been terminated are not "flipping burger" type jobs that have been lost. There isn't a pool of a few hundred people standing in line to do this work. Many of these now fired employees spent years going to higher education schools for these jobs. These are "career" jobs, in a very demanding and specific range and are not just a place to suck up a paycheck.