Why Trump’s Buyout Plan Is Poised to Fail in Spurring Resignations
- Military, Postal Service, national security roles ineligible
- Federal pensions incentivize workers to stay in their jobs
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President Donald Trump’s directives to shrink the federal workforce by next week seeks to make good on his campaign pledge to root out federal workers who aren’t loyal to him and remake the government in his own image.
The reality to get government workers to agree to buyouts is more complicated and could have effects that reverberate far beyond the nation’s capital.