{"id":46903,"date":"2026-01-10T01:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=46903"},"modified":"2026-01-10T01:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:39:54","slug":"controversial-federal-worker-buyout-plan-sparks-national-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=46903","title":{"rendered":"CONTROVERSIAL FEDERAL WORKER BUYOUT PLAN SPARKS NATIONAL DEBATE"},"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 launched a bold new federal buyout program,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"ternalnews.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CJjZ-bSDiZADFTbPDQkdPbcCxA\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>offering nearly 2 million civilian employees full pay<\/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<p>and benefits through September if they resign by February 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The initiative, called the \u201cdeferred resignation program,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>aims to cut government spending and bring employees back to the office\u2014<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1806641\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>citing that only 6% of workers in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>are currently showing up in person.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/p>\n<p>denies accusations that the plan is a political purge, insisting it\u2019s a cost-saving,<\/p>\n<p>efficiency-driven move.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters praise it as a necessary<\/p>\n<p>step toward modernizing the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, including union leaders,<\/p>\n<p>warn it could gut public services and<\/p>\n<p>pressure career employees to leave under the guise of choice.<\/p>\n<p>With high stakes and strong o<\/p>\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 launched a bold new federal buyout program, offering nearly 2 million civilian employees full pay and benefits through September if they resign by February 6. The &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46903","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\/46903","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=46903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46905,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46903\/revisions\/46905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}