Trump action, 10 thousand people became unemployed in America, what is role of Elon Musk?
Trump Administration: Donald Trump's return to power is taking a toll on government employees. It has not even been a month since he became president again and more than 9,500 government employees have been laid off. This campaign is being run with the aim of reducing government expenditure. Hundreds of people may lose their jobs in the future as well.
Trump administration is laying off government employees on a large scale with the aim of reducing the expenditure of the US government. This work is being done under the leadership of Elon Musk.
Trump is laying off government employees on a large scale
In fact, as soon as Donald Trump became president for the second time, he made 'SpaceX' owner Elon Musk the head of the 'Department of Government Efficiency'. This is a kind of temporary department, which Trump has created only for the purpose of reducing the wasteful expenditure of the government and increasing the efficiency of government work as much as possible through advanced technologies.
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A large number of central employees are being laid off on the advice of this department.
In which departments the layoffs have taken place?
So far, employees of the Interior, Energy, Veterans, Agriculture, Health and Human Services departments have been fired. Some agencies have also been closed, including the independent monitoring agency 'Consumer Financial Protection Bureau'.
Contract employees are also included in this cut by the Trump administration. The tax collection agency and the Internal Revenue Service are also preparing to lay off thousands of employees.
Why are these layoffs taking place?
President Trump says that the central government is in too much debt. Last year there was a deficit of 1.8 trillion dollars and the total debt is 36 trillion dollars. He believes that the number of central employees in many departments is unnecessarily very high, and this number needs to be reduced.
3% central employees have resigned
In January itself, the Trump administration had sent a notice to more than 20 lakh government employees. In this, they were offered to resign voluntarily, in return for which the government will also give them 8 months' salary. Along with this, the Trump administration had also warned that there is no guarantee of job for those who do not accept this offer.
Summary
So far, more than 75 thousand government employees have left their jobs by choosing this option. This is about 3% of the total American government employees. There are more than 23 lakh central employees in America.
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