30% of the federal workforce is over 55 and by far they are the most experienced bureaucrats in american history. a half million were already planning to retire in the next few years anyway. all trump is doing is giving the the ones who planned to retire this year a reason to hang on for more free money which is going to cost us more than he saves. the ones who were going to retire anyway next year will save a few months salary. so only the ones who would have retired 3-4 years from now will be saving anything. as an economist, i know that the civil servants to who promote up to replace them will be paid higher inflation-adjusted salaries for less experience. so there won't be much in the way of salary-savings there, either. meanwhile, enjoy your higher prices that he isn't going to do fuck all about.
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