9 Jan 2018 12:05 pm
.Misty » 09 Jan 2018 11:50 am » wrote:OSHA Is Bleeding: Shrinking Government and Killing WorkersJordan Barab (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of OSHA)
December 31, 2017
Washington Post reporters Lisa Rein and Andrew Ba Trim published an excellent front page article today chronicling Donald Trump’s largely successful effort to shrink the federal government: “By the end of September, all Cabinet departments except Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and Interior had fewer permanent staff than when Trump took office in January — with most shedding many hundreds of employees.”
Trump hasn’t succeeded yet in passing a budget with significant cuts, so most of the reductions have come from hiring freezes, failure to hire political appointees, and increased retirements (accelerated by buy-outs) of disillusioned and frustrated career employees.
While some people who reflexively think that government is bad are cheering, the fact is that these reductions mean less protections for workers, the environment, consumers, communities, children, the poor and just about everything that makes life in this country “great.”
We're all going to die!
Are you seriously claiming there's no waste in these bureaucracies?
That after a massive 30 year buildup of federal regulations, none can be cut?
Imbecile.
The federal government has been strangling business activity and stealing American's personal freedom.
That's one huge reason Trump won.