What, no mention of this on here yet? It happened 3 hours ago.
Our illustrious President signed an order freezing new hiring of civilian employees. How wonderful! Especially in the era of massive retirements. Don't like the lines at SSA now? Don't like the IRS hold times? Are a govt worker expecting time off? Too bad...as you all like to say...you get the govt you vote
But the best part is the "alternative facts" excuse made by Sean Spicer! I am sure all the Trump supporters believe him...because why after all would you start letting facts get in the way of your decision making process now?
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spricer-trump-hiring-freeze-doesnt-hold-up-2017-1
Our illustrious President signed an order freezing new hiring of civilian employees. How wonderful! Especially in the era of massive retirements. Don't like the lines at SSA now? Don't like the IRS hold times? Are a govt worker expecting time off? Too bad...as you all like to say...you get the govt you vote
But the best part is the "alternative facts" excuse made by Sean Spicer! I am sure all the Trump supporters believe him...because why after all would you start letting facts get in the way of your decision making process now?
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing all federal government hiring with the exception of the military.
In a press conference on Monday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the hiring freeze was due to "dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years." Spicer later said that the increase in the size of the federal workforce has been a source of government waste in recent years.
The only problem with this reasoning is that the workforce of the federal government is roughly the same as when President Barack Obama took office and much lower than in decades past.
The non-military workforce was 2.80 million people according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (this number does include civilian employees in the Department of Defense). This is only slightly higher than the 2.79 million at the time when former President Barack Obama took office in January 2009.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spricer-trump-hiring-freeze-doesnt-hold-up-2017-1