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Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 month ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a lower court order that had blocked President Trump's executive order requiring government agencies to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

The order was unsigned. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a fellow liberal, concurred with the court's decision. The order did not make clear how the other justices voted, but they did say, "we express no view on the legality of any" plans to shrink the federal workforce, and it left open the possibility that the issue could return to the Supreme Court.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not sure people understand how much the federal workforce is a giant social works program. They're going to privatize everything and the pay will lower and lower to non-livable wages. That includes war.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The other side of the coin is that government workers are actually cheaper than contractors. So smaller government workforce means we pay more for the same government services, and we loose a large employer with more strict standards for employment.

A loose-loose for the general public!

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

It's worth noting that we also lose on the output, contractors tend to underperform compared to long term stable employees.

So there's a case to be made that it is even lose/lose/lose (more expensive/worse outcomes/loss of economic stimulus of good stable jobs).