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Trump’s Federal Purge: Austerity or Anarchy?

A sweeping buyout plan risks gutting essential services and leaving America vulnerable.

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Marie Riverton
Jan 29, 2025
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In a sweeping and unprecedented move, President Trump has offered federal employees a buyout worth seven to eight months’ salary if they resign by February 6. Framed as a strategy to cut "government bloat" and increase efficiency, this buyout proposal has set the federal workforce—and the nation—on edge.

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