Personally associate with a bunch of...good gawd...FARMERS??
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees turned their backs on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday, apparently over plans to relocate them from Washington to the Kansas City area.
Perdue announced Thursday that two of the Department of Agriculture’s research agencies, the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will be relocated to be closer to major farming regions, according to Politico.
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees turned their backs on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday, apparently over plans to relocate them from Washington to the Kansas City area.
Perdue announced Thursday that two of the Department of Agriculture’s research agencies, the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will be relocated to be closer to major farming regions, according to Politico.
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It's a start. Now move the rest of the apparatchiks to the boonies. We'll show them how 'muricans live.
Can I be in charge of orientation?
Day 1: Plinking beer cans.
It's a start. Now move the rest of the apparatchiks to the boonies. We'll show them how 'muricans live.
IIRC, > 80% of all federal employees are field employees, and not located in greater Washington. Proportions are roughly similar in the state government in New York; HQ employees are about 1/4 of the total.
There are some systemic problems with the federal workforce (poor disciplinary practice, excess compensation), but your most severe problem is Congress and the horrid lobbyist nexus around Congress.
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