A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E157: People Don't Understand How The Feds Work (Or, "I Didn't Know The Leopards Would Eat MY Face When They Fired Everyone From Federal Agencies!") (Patreon)

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Links:

Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-federal-job-cuts-trump-musk-dei-middle-class-rcna191704

Cost savings at the IRS come at a high price: https://www.marketplace.org/2025/02/24/cost-savings-at-the-irs-come-at-a-high-price/

IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5304220/irs-job-cuts-doge-tax-season

How Federal Layoffs Will Harm Generations of People with Low Incomes: https://www.clasp.org/press-room/press-releases/how-federal-layoffs-will-harm-generations-of-people-with-low-incomes/

African American Women in the Federal Sector: https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/reports/african-american-women-federal-sector#:~:text=In%20FY%202020%2C%20African%20American,separated%20at%20a%20rate%20of%20

Federal layoffs hit the deep-red, rural US west: ‘Our public lands are under threat:’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/trump-doge-federal-layoffs-national-parks

National parks already feel the effects of layoffs, even before the busy season starts: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5307908/national-parks-layoffs-visitors-disruptions