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Al Gore

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

For example, not with Congress. I mean, this is the thing about Doge that's so weird, is that they're ignoring Congress so much.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Ironically, I have been talking to my former colleagues and we think we've gotten more press for the National Performance Review in the last six weeks than we did in the whole seven years the damn thing ran.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Ironically, I have been talking to my former colleagues and we think we've gotten more press for the National Performance Review in the last six weeks than we did in the whole seven years the damn thing ran.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Ironically, I have been talking to my former colleagues and we think we've gotten more press for the National Performance Review in the last six weeks than we did in the whole seven years the damn thing ran.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

It's impossible to cut all $271 billion of this. You wouldn't have a government left. In other words, you're lucky to cut $50 billion.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

It's impossible to cut all $271 billion of this. You wouldn't have a government left. In other words, you're lucky to cut $50 billion.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

It's impossible to cut all $271 billion of this. You wouldn't have a government left. In other words, you're lucky to cut $50 billion.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Oh, yeah. No, we've got more contractors than we have civil servants.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Oh, yeah. No, we've got more contractors than we have civil servants.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Oh, yeah. No, we've got more contractors than we have civil servants.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Yeah, that's the estimate. Yeah.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Yeah, that's the estimate. Yeah.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Yeah, that's the estimate. Yeah.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

So a contract for goods would be anything from trucks for the Army to buying floor mats for a federal office building for when it rains, OK, or buying yellow legal pads for the Justice Department.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

So a contract for goods would be anything from trucks for the Army to buying floor mats for a federal office building for when it rains, OK, or buying yellow legal pads for the Justice Department.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

So a contract for goods would be anything from trucks for the Army to buying floor mats for a federal office building for when it rains, OK, or buying yellow legal pads for the Justice Department.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Services are anything from scientific expertise to NIH for cancer to janitorial services in the courthouse.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Services are anything from scientific expertise to NIH for cancer to janitorial services in the courthouse.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

Services are anything from scientific expertise to NIH for cancer to janitorial services in the courthouse.

Planet Money
The last time we shrank the federal workforce

The first time NOAA misses or predicts a hurricane late or the first time they're three days later in forecasting a hurricane than they should be and people don't have a chance to get out on time, what is Congress going to do? It's going to say, holy moly, put those people back, okay, or put some people back.