Trump To Lay Off 1,300 Department of Education Layabouts and Slapdicks, Cutting Staff by Nearly Half

Reagan was a pussy.

Just kidding. But also kinda serious.

The Trump administration has begun cutting over 1,300 employees from the Department of Education, reducing its workforce by nearly half. The move is part of a broader effort to downsize the federal government and refocus the agency's mission.

Key Details:

The department will reduce its workforce from 4,130 to approximately 2,200 employees.
The agency says the cuts target redundant and unnecessary operations while maintaining core student aid and civil rights functions.
Secretary Linda McMahon framed the reduction as a step toward restoring efficiency and accountability in education.
The department is consolidating its Washington, D.C., offices, closing some leased spaces nationwide.
The move has sparked protests from unions and Democrats, who argue it will harm students.

Diving Deeper:

The Department of Education has begun one of the most significant workforce reductions in its history, as the Trump administration finalizes cuts to over 1,300 employees--nearly half of the agency's total workforce. The decision, which takes effect over the coming weeks, is part of a broader push to streamline the federal government and reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies.

David Strom wonders about a CNN report which claims that allegedly "libertarian" organization CATO is actually worried that Trump is cutting too deep.

Such sweeping reduction "is a reason to be concerned," one expert previously told CNN.

"If [Trump] says, 'We're going to have a 50% reduction in staff,' there is reason to be concerned about how the system will work: Is that enough people?" said Neal McCluskey, director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute. "We're going to learn whether or not they can do the job with fewer of them."

Note that CNN admits that he said this previously, speaking as a hypothetical.

Still, it's odd -- or completely expected, actually -- that an organization that claims to be libertarian or conservative and hammers donor checks based on that representation would turn out to be yet another controlled opposition front.

posted by Ace at 02:15 PM

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