Latest formula Employment Report It's clear once again that the hiring frenzy among federal, state and local governments continues. Over the past year, healthcare and government hiring has outpaced all private sector industries.

it is but also of Inland Revenue Service They're hiring thousands of new workers. Expansion is happening everywhere.

So even though there are many more government officials, you may have a hard time finding them or speaking to them on the phone.

Because there are very few people actually working in the field.

What's been going on in the federal government (“Club Fed”) lately is bordering on the absurd, or perhaps even the obscene, according to a recent survey of federal employees by the Federal News Network: Only 6% 30% of people work full-time in an office Full-time remoteEntire city blocks of Washington office buildings are turning into zombies, especially on Fridays.

While precise comparisons between public and private sector employees are difficult and imprecise, best estimates are that by 2023 Approximately 30% Half of the private sector workforce worked from home or remotely some or all of the time. In the private sector, the share of employees working from home has actually declined from about 50% during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020).

This means that federal employees are three times more likely to work remotely part or all of the time.

I fully support employees working remotely a few days a week, and this will likely become more common in the information and digital age. I do this myself.

But I can't help but wonder how many of these workers are truly needed, and what are the chances that these remote government employees, who are unlikely to be fired for poor performance, are doing their jobs honestly?

The irony is that three years ago, the federal government ordered federal employees to return to work after COVID-19, an order that thousands of employees blatantly ignored.

Remember, civil servants have some of the easiest, least stressful jobs on the planet, and when you factor in exorbitant benefits, they are paid roughly 30-40% more than comparably skilled private sector workers.

Here is my solution. Uncle Sam is losing. Approximately $2 trillion One year. No new hiring. All federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, the world's largest bureaucracy, will freeze hiring until their budgets are balanced, unless there are extraordinary circumstances. Then they will implement a 30% reduction in force across the board (RIF).

Finally, if the government needs more revenue, it could start by selling off federal buildings that are less than half-occupied — many buildings are less than 20% occupied.

Former President Donald Trump's most used slogan in 2016 was “Drain the swamp.” But after four years of Biden-Kamala, the swamp is now deeper than it has ever been, and the Deep State swamp creatures are more numerous than ever. If Trump wins, he and the Republican Party should begin draining the swamp.

Stephen Moore is a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and co-founder of the Commission to Unlock Prosperity.

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