{"id":33533,"date":"2025-08-07T23:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33533"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:41:39","slug":"controversial-federal-worker-buyout-plan-sparks-national-debate-my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33533","title":{"rendered":"CONTROVERSIAL FEDERAL WORKER BUYOUT PLAN SPARKS NATIONAL DEBATE \u2013 My Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><!-- responsive 1 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration has introduced a controversial new federal buyout program, offering nearly 2 million civilian employees full pay and benefits through September if they voluntarily resign by February 6. Dubbed the \u201cdeferred resignation program,\u201d the initiative seeks to reduce government costs and increase in-person attendance, as only 6% of Washington, D.C., employees currently work on-site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"ternalnews.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CN3Hx7Os-Y4DFRiP_QcdZlM6kA\">\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has dismissed claims that the plan is a politically motivated purge, framing it instead as a cost-cutting measure to improve efficiency. Supporters argue the move is essential for streamlining the federal workforce and adapting to modern work demands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1590529\" data-uid=\"136cc\">\n<div id=\"mgw1590529_136cc\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1798842\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1663068\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has introduced a controversial new federal buyout program, offering nearly 2 million civilian employees full pay and benefits through September if they voluntarily resign by February 6. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33535,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33533\/revisions\/33535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}