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There is massive fraud in the federal entitlements programs. Worse than you could possibly imagine.
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Entitlement programs are massively tilted towards trump voters. They mostly have overhead rates of well under 1%. That means they are going to have to cut trump voters harshly.There is massive fraud in the federal entitlements programs. Worse than you could possibly imagine.
Entitlement programs are massively tilted towards trump voters. They mostly have overhead rates of well under 1%. That means they are going to have to cut trump voters harshly.
Actually, it is about 3 million. It has been more or less that for a long time. You might say that we have a third more federal employees than in the early 1960, but we have 90% more people, so we have fewer federal employees per capita.Federal agencies have ballooned to 438 departments employing 4 million people
Actually, it is about 3 million. It has been more or less that for a long time. You might say that we have a third more federal employees than in the early 1960, but we have 90% more people, so we have fewer federal employees per capita.
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All Employees, Federal
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It would be difficult to cut the federal workforce more, with the current workload. Difficult, and more importantly counter productive. With too little overhead, there is not enough people to improve efficiency, and so it costs more.
The only way you can really cut the federal workforce is cut the workload. Cutting the workload would also cut expenses. Do we really need to pay Social Security?
Basically, the only way trump/Musk will cut the budget is by cutting benefits to trump's voters.