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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: For Once, Our Government Is Shrinking
Description: Ronald Reagan, one of our greatest presidents, once quipped that “The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a government program.” But when it comes to government employment, the Trump Administration is turning that truism on its head. Thanks to DOGE, the US government will have three hundred thousand fewer people working for it. That’s the largest single-year cut in civilian federal employment since World War II. The total reduction amounts to a 12-and-a-half percent decrease in the federal workforce. Such a rapid cut is virtually unheard of. Twenty percent of the de...