Nick Gioia was terminated from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in February as part of President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk’s effort to slash the size and cost of the federal government.
Gioia was then reinstated and placed on paid leave after a court ruling. Now, after a second round of buyout offers were emailed in recent days to government workers in at least half a dozen federal agencies, the U.S. Army veteran decided to take it.
“For some of us, the time has come to step away before this experience completely erodes what remains of our well-being,” Gioia told Reuters.
Several other federal employees told Reuters they are taking this second buyout offer, saying that many civil servants are suffering from nervous exhaustion after three months of chaos and cuts driven by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
A winter collapse is gonna suck for American refugees trying to flee to Canada. There’s been more than a few who’ve tried to cross and died or lost fingers, hands and/or feet in the trying.
Sure but I’m in good old SoCal, if the feds implode in the winter that means whatever fighting I get stuck in the temps will at least be comfortable.