On Thursday, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced drastic job cuts and the destruction of large sections of public health infrastructure, as part of Trump’s unprecedented assault on federal employees and government services.
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I also factor that in, but in cushy government, the benefits are usually in the 25k range. It doesn’t scale endlessly with pay. Fed wouldn’t be on the extreme end of that, in my experience, it gets larger the lower the agency. Could just be my state taking care of employees well though.