Government is paying 154,000 people not to work

The bad news for taxpayers is that the federal government is paying some 154,000 people to not do any work in their offices.

The good news is that those workers soon will be off the federal payroll entirely.

It’s all part of President Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal spending, including by reducing the number of government staff members drawing salaries and benefits.

It is the Hill that has reported on the costs, and benefits.

It cited details in the Washington Post that confirmed the government reportedly is cutting payroll checks even now to more than 154,000 workers.

But they don’t report to work.

“Thousands have been receiving pay since June and will continue to be compensated until the end of fiscal 2025,” the report said.

McLaurine Pinover of the Office of Personnel Management confirmed more than 150,000 employees were offered “a dignified and generous departure” program, a program that also “delivered incredible relief to the American taxpayer. No previous administration has gotten even close to saving American taxpayers this amount of money in such a short amount of time.”

The plan came about as part of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, which in fact started efforts that could culminate in hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars being saved.

Democrats, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, are demanding an investigation of DOGE, including the layoff program. Blumental claims the government has wasted billions of dollars cutting expenses.