Veterans hit hard by DOGE cuts.
1) 30% of 2M federal workers are veterans. That's 600,000 veterans are employed as federal workers.
2) slightly more than half (360,000) make up the majority of the VA workforce of 470,000.
3) 1,400 VA government workers cut means that 76% are most likely veterans so 1,072 of 1,400 cut.
Veterans advocacy groups are calling on Trump to re-instate 6,000 veterans cut from the federal workforce to date.
I've always wondered why DOD is not required to take care of Veterans out if their massive budgets instead of abdicating responsibility into a separate organization. Why shouldn't the same medical organization care for both active military and veterans?
"More than 2 million people work in federal government jobs. Veterans make up roughly 30% of that workforce. The percentage is higher at the VA."
" About 360,000 people in the VA’s workforce of 470,000 are veterans, said Cole T. Lyle, national director of veterans affairs and rehabilitation at the American Legion."
" “It has become clearer that the veteran community has been hit hard as probationary federal jobs are being axed across the country, to include the latest announcement of 1,400 more just let go from the VA,” he said, referring to the number of new workers the VA fired Monday. “I want to see hats in the hallways of our Capitol as our legislative committee members engage with lawmakers. It’s time to apply pressure and stop the bleeding.”
" The nation’s leading veterans advocacy groups condemned the purge of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and called on President Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate an estimated 6,000 veterans fired across the federal government."
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