Hi Everyone,
A lot of you read the Deep Dive series I wrote on Russell Vought this past fall, which I just finished earlier this month.
Reflecting on 2025, I've seen a lot of posts on here talking about how 2025 was the worst year for the federal employee. That got me to thinking about how federal employment has served as the sort of vanguard for the American worker and additionally how, over the last 50 years or so, everything has gotten worse for the American worker and the federal employee.
Wages have stagnated or declined.
Retirement is insecure.
Representation in unions is disappearing.
Benefits and Workplace Flexibility (i.e. remote work) is ending.
This wasn't an accident. Planned, deliberate efforts have been made over the last 50 years to take away from the employee to the benefit of the employer. Since federal employment has historically been a beacon of stable employment, attacking the federal employee makes the decline of American labor permanent.
Therefore, I'm starting a new series (four parts following this introduction are planned) to talk about how federal employment and the American dream has been eroded over the last 50 years, peaking in this past year, and where I think it will go during the Second Trump Administration. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to share on your social networks.
Posted by JFHatfield