The size of the Federal workforce is over 3 million. That means that when Musk made the ask for these reports, they were on track to cost the American taxpayer about 15.9 BILLION dollars per year of overhead. How's that for efficiency?
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The ‘5 things’ emails are going by the wayside as Musk readies his exit
U.S. agencies maintain an inconsistent patchwork of policies relating to the DOGE leader’s demand that all federal employees submit weekly emails listing their accomplishments.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The size of the Federal workforce is over 3 million. That means that when Musk made the ask for these reports, they were on track to cost the American taxpayer about 15.9 BILLION dollars per year of overhead. How's that for efficiency?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Assume a status email takes a worker 15 minutes to complete, and they do 48 of these a year. This means 12 DAYS of effort a year on top of performance reports that already exist in every Department. That's an average of $5300/year (average compensation is $106k for working 240 days).
April 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Assume a status email takes a worker 15 minutes to complete, and they do 48 of these a year. This means 12 DAYS of effort a year on top of performance reports that already exist in every Department. That's an average of $5300/year (average compensation is $106k for working 240 days).
the victim to focus on here is due process itself
April 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
the victim to focus on here is due process itself
It struck me in 2015 how by-the-numbers the Trump propaganda approach was. There has only been recognition of it at the outer edges of the left; the fact that major media outlets have never called it what it is has been a huge disservice to America.
April 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It struck me in 2015 how by-the-numbers the Trump propaganda approach was. There has only been recognition of it at the outer edges of the left; the fact that major media outlets have never called it what it is has been a huge disservice to America.
the mass amnesia about the past has been strong
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
the mass amnesia about the past has been strong