So... a liberal acquaintance just posted on her FB account her outrage over a Forest Service employee of 20 years (it was his "dream job") go laid off under the Trump federal reductions.
I didn't respond to her, not wanting to further alienate her, she's a good person other than her virulent liberalism... We almost fell out over the COVID-19 vaxx issue and I'm not into alienating people.
Does anyone here know more details about the Forest Service layoffs and any other reasons besides government reduction?
One of my neighbors works for National Forest, has a cushy sit down at a desk and hand out maps etc. hasn’t been there but under a year, not sure if they have been layed off yet. Honestly they were hired under dei, I know of several people trying to apply for this job for years and somehow neighbor managed to get it, completely unqualified actually.
OK thanks... I'm beginning to suspect that the FS layoffs are partly due to weeding out DEI hires AND because the Dept. of Interior is about to diminish the footprint of federal land holdings. Elsewhere I read that 28% of the US is held by the federal government. What if those millions of acres were turned over to the private sector to exploit for commercial purposes? Think of all the lumber, coal, oil, natural gas, and other wealth that could be exploited right here in America's mainland?!