JustRobin
@robbinbobbin.bsky.social
Printer. Not a dinosaur. Living in beautiful NM as a blue dot in a red corner. Been on this earth for a half century. Saddened that the things that were top issues when I was a child are becoming top issues again.
Reposted by JustRobin
cost was never a consideration
Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
cost was never a consideration
Reposted by JustRobin
This paragraph should be shouted from the hilltops:
September 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This paragraph should be shouted from the hilltops: