VA to Ditch 10K Employees – HotAir

There are some big changes coming at Veterans Affairs next year, primarily in the form of tens of thousands of people leaving the agency and not being replaced. As is so often the case, the explanation being offered by the government is as clear as mud. They are rushing to assure everyone that they aren’t planning to have layoffs. Instead, the reduction of roughly ten thousand workers from the department tasked with caring for our veterans will be handled through normal attrition, where people retire or leave for their own reasons and they simply aren’t replaced. They also want us all to rest assured that the cuts won’t take place among the doctors, nurses, and other direct caregivers but will come from “support staff” and administrative roles. Still, that seems like a lot of people to lose in a short period of time without any reductions in the services being provided. (Government…