How many retirement eligible Feds are planning to retire if Trump is elected?

[Anonymous]

Well, there are plenty of people in Congress, the majority of them Republican, who get very large commodity and other payments from the USDA. The offices that process these have been scrambling for the last several years (I get a small stipend for farmland I own that was taken out of production and seeded with native grasses to prevent erosion and have experienced this).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People will retire because they will all move to other countries if trump gets elected.

Which countries will take them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VA benefits are to compensate people who sacrificed their physical and mental health fighting for all the unjust wars our politicians put them in

Social Security is funded by payroll deductions.

And I work for SSA and have Trump supporters tell me if I don’t like him, I should leave. SSA is a very left leaning agency. If that were the test, 90% of staff would quit. And I assure you, our 1980s era computer systems do not process benefits. (Just like IRS “computers” do not do all the tax return work).

But, if that’s what you want…

Hate on Feds, tell them to quit. It happened under the first Trump Administration. And many did. . Now Florida is backed up one full year on processing some benefits because they don’t have the staff. And SSA benefits are actually very, very complicated to process. It takes 1-2 years to get up to speed. Just hiring now doesn’t solve the problem. And if you can’t retain people who make it through the first two years, it gets worse and worse. Oopppppsss.

Before you tell a Fed to “just quit”, make sure you are okay waiting a year or longer for your VA or SSA benefits.

So the “”leadership” of the SSA and overly complex systems and policies aren’t the problem?

SSA is for getting your foot in the door- and then finding a better gov job. The VA is firing people rn. Someone should improve the VA claim system because my last c and p exam was at a “beauty spa” that prescribes weight loss meds. It wasn’t even a doctor’s office. The exam was for cancer. Really great job, just fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Given the 2025 plan, I think a lot of feds will just be fired if Trump wins.

[Anonymous]

Most of America wants the swamp drained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Most of America wants the swamp drained.

Most of America doesn't know what that will mean for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Most of America wants the swamp drained.

Most of America doesn't know what that will mean for them.

Obviously less taxes. Taxes are out-of-control. Enough is enough already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given the 2025 plan, I think a lot of feds will just be fired if Trump wins.

This.
Trump doesn’t want anyone who is not personally loyal to him working in the government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Most of America wants the swamp drained.

Trump is the swamp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Bring back the Constitution.

Which means exactly what in this context?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, lots of them.

....likes this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Bring back the Constitution.

Which means exactly what in this context?

Not yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Most of America wants the swamp drained.

Most of America doesn't know what that will mean for them.

Obviously less taxes. Taxes are out-of-control. Enough is enough already.

I assume this is just trolling. Even so, it's just so dumb. Congress passes the tax code, not federal agencies. And a reduction in the federal workforce means less services, but it sure doesn't guarantee less taxes.

At this point I'm fairly convinced that there's a large swath of America that isn't ever going to be satisfied by anything, but 15 years from now when their water is polluted, food poisoning is common, healthcare works less well than ever, and tax refunds, social security checks, etc., etc., take so long to show up you might as well never get them they will still be claiming that those idiot federal workers are to blame instead of the fools they elect to Congress on a regular basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VA benefits are to compensate people who sacrificed their physical and mental health fighting for all the unjust wars our politicians put them in

Social Security is funded by payroll deductions.

And I work for SSA and have Trump supporters tell me if I don’t like him, I should leave. SSA is a very left leaning agency. If that were the test, 90% of staff would quit. And I assure you, our 1980s era computer systems do not process benefits. (Just like IRS “computers” do not do all the tax return work).

But, if that’s what you want…

Hate on Feds, tell them to quit. It happened under the first Trump Administration. And many did. . Now Florida is backed up one full year on processing some benefits because they don’t have the staff. And SSA benefits are actually very, very complicated to process. It takes 1-2 years to get up to speed. Just hiring now doesn’t solve the problem. And if you can’t retain people who make it through the first two years, it gets worse and worse. Oopppppsss.

Before you tell a Fed to “just quit”, make sure you are okay waiting a year or longer for your VA or SSA benefits.

So the “”leadership” of the SSA and overly complex systems and policies aren’t the problem?

SSA is for getting your foot in the door- and then finding a better gov job. The VA is firing people rn. Someone should improve the VA claim system because my last c and p exam was at a “beauty spa” that prescribes weight loss meds. It wasn’t even a doctor’s office. The exam was for cancer. Really great job, just fantastic.

First, some of us (actually most of us), believe in SSA’s mission and aren’t looking to move.
Second, yep. Trump took three years to appoint a Commissioner. We went a long, long time without him having anyone with real authority in change. Which on one hand was fine, because the career civil servants running things were better than his eventual appointee. And a problem, because there was no one to advocate for the agency.
Third— again— yep. SSA computer systems are very outdated. That’s what you get when you funding is often month to month and CR to CR. No ability to make long term plans for things like IT upgrades. And yep SSA regulations are incredibly complex. It take a great deal of time to get up to speed. Which is why you don’t want people “getting their foot in the door” and leaving.

[Anonymous]

I sure hope a lot of Feds retire if Trump is elected. It would make his goal of shrinking the wasteful and bloated federal government that much easier.