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In reply to the discussion: I am a Fed that is going to retire and so will 1000's like me [View all]HighFired49
(398 posts)I worked in a position as database manager in a State program that was 100% Fed. funded. I retired almost seven yrs. ago under a Rep. gov. who wanted to get rid of all of the "extras" like health care, psychiatric care, hunger, school funding, environmental remediation, etc. Didn't work out too well for him when he found out that so many of the programs were federally funded, but he did see to it that nobody except managers got raises for eight years. Lost a lot of people, like me. Many of those programs will be scrapped, even though they are considered essential for health, environment, education, etc. They will just disappear if they are wrecked or defunded at the Federal level. The unaware, or ignorant voters just do not realize that wrecking the Fed. Govt. will have a devastating effect on State Govts'. programs, as well. We are going to look like a third-world country in a few years under the new regime of oligarchs. Thank you to the Federal employees, but also to the rest of us who invested careers in all levels of government service.
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