https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-1526

"There's trouble in Trumpland; Tesla CEO and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, has taken public swipes at Donald Trump’s adviser on trade and manufacturing, Peter Navarro, who helped shape the president's reciprocal tariff policy that tanked markets across the world."

My team of brilliant scientists and engineers works to combat climate change. Without a doubt, we will be RIFd in the next few weeks. We all have the option to take DRP. I have decided that I will not compromise my values and resign to this tyranny. The captain goes down with his ship.

Edit: I have two years of Federal service, and am nowhere close to retirement. Completely agree with everyone that this is a personal decision and everyone has unique circumstances to consider.

I took the original DRP, and found a job a month later (in the same field). Emailed ti ethics to get approval and they said, no you can’t work there, conflict of interest. Why are they applying this old guidance to the new situation. We are not active government employees anymore, it is not the same as if someone who works for the government (has access to all systems, cases, contracts etc.). We can’t influence any outcomes, we are simply getting a severance over time instead of a lump sum.

As of 4/6/25 DOGE website says it’s saved $140 billion. I agree sounds like a lot. Then I did some math and logical thinking. - Google tells me that the US budget = $6.8 trillion. - I then asked google what % $140 billion of $6.8 trillion is: 2.06% - DOGE website says this equates to a savings per taxpayer of $869.57. Anyone feel that savings? I know I don’t.

Then I thought, at what cost is DOGE eeking out this 2% savings? - 60,000 federal workers have lost their jobs - that will have a cost to their lives and their ability to contribute to the economy - S&P 500 down 10% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 6%. Economic Times says that equates to $8 trillion in losses! - Chaos and division are rampant - Literal lives are being lost to preventable disease because of these funding cuts that are less than a rounding error - And JP Morgan is predicting a recession - that is not good.

Seems like DOGE and trump have been successful at ridding our country of safety, security and world prominence all to save 2% of national budget spend with a supposed $869 savings per tax payer that we can’t even feel. Seems like a pretty inefficient endeavor to me especially when a simple and relatively painless tax on the uber wealthy would save more at only a slight cost to a few. Plus the uber wealthy people whose net worth is tanking in the stock market along with the rest of us would be able to maintain their wealth and grow it. A win win the way I see it.

Oh and tariffs? I think a thoughtful series of conversations with industry leaders in the US could lead to a global trade policy that makes sense and is nuanced by product/industry and sophisticated rather than the current Bam Bam approach which destroys everything and angers the world at the US’s expense.

I’m no economist, just a voter who pays attention and is connecting the dots the way I see it. I do have screenshots of what I found above but am not allowed to post…

….edited date from 5/6/26 to 4/6/26

This is another one of the stupid comments by Trumper Scott Bessent. My leader. While I am looking to retire, its not part of my plan to retire in a down market. That's just dumb, and despite this idiotic comment, I am concerned.

Part of me wants to blow off the DRP or the stupid $25K VISP payment, and stay around and stick it to people like Bessent. Bessent is, by far, the worst leader the Treasury employed as secretary in my 35 years. To hell with this guy. Seriously. What a fucking idiot.

"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans looking to retire aren’t concerned about day-to-day markets, dismisses concerns about a potential recession"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/06/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-markets-tariffs-recession.html

My wife and I both work for the government. We will almost certainly receive our rif notice in May considering we are administrative employees. My family is incredibly sympathetic; however, the inlaws are hardcore Trump supporters. I mean with the t-shirts, hats, big signs and life-size cutouts of Trump on their lawns. What's bizarre is her father retired from the state of New York with an amazing package. Much better than FERS and routinely bragged about working third shift and watching TV all night.

Well now all government workers are garbage and lazy and need to be fired. I was certain the man would have a change of heart when it hit home. When it affected his family. Boy was I wrong. The wife called her dad and put him on speaker or I probably wouldn't have believed it. She said me and my husband have 15 years of service and we are about to be fired. His response was and I quote, "oh well, McDonald's is hiring".

Who says this? What father takes the side of a political party over their child? It's honestly a mental illness. There's no other way to describe it.

“A federal judge has refused to stay her injunction compelling the Trump Administration to get back from El Salvador by Monday someone they illegally deported who was the subject of a protection order, and the Trump Administration has responded by FIRING the DOJ lawyer who upheld his oath and told the truth to the judge in his filings and in the court room. Popok explains why the senior DOJ leadership should be referred to the DC Bar for disciplinary sanctions, and what the Judge will likely do to the revelation that the DOJ is ordering its lawyers to lie in court.”

https://youtu.be/Wv7B-LuIBGk?si=oujeP0XU8IPmKUei

Two Trillion in tax cuts for the rich while screwing the working person out of everything they have worked a lifetime for. Republican or Democrat makes no difference, they are all on the same team. The team against every person who works 40 hours a week.

I want to know what the endgame is. The administration wants to fire or get rid of as many workers as possible. Got it. But what happens when social security checks come to a halt or banks start to collapse because all the regulation experts have left?

My best guess is this is all a PR stunt, and after they declare "mission accomplished" they will go on a hiring spree. But then they'd have to pay people more or offer more incentives to new hires - because who would be crazy enough to accept an offer from this administration?

So all Treasury employees, including those at IRS got an email last night about the DRP 2.0 being open for the next week.

Curious how many are definitely taking it, and those considering but unsure, given there’s now a precedent for it.

Disclaimer: Yes this is my throwaway as my main account is too easy to dox.

I'll be standing with you when the RIFs come. I don't know if I'll make it or not, and I don't know what it'll look like when it passes, but if I survive, I'll be here to rebuild what's left.

But this isn't about me. This is for the rest of you. This is for those like our gruff army veteran in admin who is at more risk than me, who could retire anytime he wanted, who remains because he knows his duty to this mission and his duty to help the rest of us grunts. As he told me before, us grunts have to stick together. He knows, if he survives, that we'll need him and so he's taking the gamble to remain. For us. For this country. For his duty.

I'm not here to placate those who are choosing to leave as you've had plenty of reassurances for that. I'm here to tell those who remain, by choice or not, that you are not alone. It'll be hell on the other side if we make it, but we're stronger together when we look out for each other. So many of us chose this job to serve our country, in good times and bad, and so many of us will continue to do so when this hurricane passes and we're left to clean up the destruction behind it.

Hold The Line.

He said it’s a shitshow. He does the email every week. Folks in charge of repairing tha airport had a long list of repairs. They were fired. No one knows where the list is. WTF.

Has there been any word today on DHS potentially offering DRP 2.0? I heard some rumors that there might be news on that front by sometime this afternoon/evening (because weekend hours are apparently when all of these things must be done) and I was curious if anyone had heard anything

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/burgum-cookies/682319/?gift=tPooLRMi2gSlCSnnwpw5m1s5fpmIUF_5lcoKpBverJQ

I submitted by early retirement claim in February and have been terrified since November I’d never see the money. I’m disabled and unable to return to work but I’m not sick enough to qualify for support. I need my money back to stay housed.

You all came through for me Friday! First deposit cleared my bank!

In spite of everything you all are enduring, your own existential fears, worry for yourselves and your own dependents… someone saved me and I’m sure tens of thousands of others.

I’m sick to my stomach at everything happening to our country. I’m full of nothing but admiration and respect for you all!

RIF Plans are due on next Monday (April 14th). Shouldn't we have heard about VERA/VSIP/ DRP 2.0 if it were going to be offered? Should I assume these options won't be available and we're all just going to get RIF'd?

Its wild that IRS employees were offered shift changes in the morning, then sent RIF plan notices in the afternoon, the probationary employees are coming back on the 14th, tax season ends 04/15, upload your resume by 04:14, you’re only “essential” or “mission critical” until 05:15 (at the latest), there are protests around the world, Karoline Leavitt looks good for 47, Marjorie Taylor Greene is some where starching her white hood, and Trump is playing golf… oh and I’ve just been made aware that groceries is an “old-fashioned” word.

Did I miss anything?

https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-forests-emergency-logging-rollins-e2d7173bedcc697dee56f94ab613276f

claims to be lifting restrictions due to forest fire concerns, but we all know the truth. Can anyone in USDA or Forest Service elaborate or share their experience?

Section 128, DM with name and email for ticket transfer

Not normally a diehard Michael Lewis or Pod Save America fan, but I found this latest episode where Lewis talks about his book where he followed federal workers and documented their work to be oddly comforting.

It’s not necessarily optimistic, but there’s something I really enjoyed about having a non-fed with mainstream cred be like “federal workers are smart and work hard and are essential to the country’s functioning, and here are some reasons no one goes to bat for them.”