I & I Editorial BoardThe latest jobs report had good news for the country, but terrible news for the party of Big Government.
In January, the economy added 172,000 private sector jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which was better than economists had expected (which seems to be a running theme in the Trump administration). And the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%.
So, what’s the bad news for Democrats? The number of federal government jobs shrank by 32,000.
Worse still, this is on top of a string of monthly government job losses since President Donald Trump took office.
In fact, since January 2025, the number of federal workers (not counting postal workers) has plunged by 312,300.
And while there are still more than 2 million federal workers on the payroll, we now have the smallest federal workforce since 2009. And this is just in Trump’s first year in office.
Why is this a problem for Democrats? It’s not just that it means there are fewer allies inside government who can subvert Trump’s agenda.
The real problem is that federal workers pay dues to unions, which in turn finance Democratic campaigns. The fewer government workers there are, the harder it gets to raise campaign cash.
Follow the money, as the saying goes.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
I would say that a 312,000 decrease is a good start.
Denying Dem. contributions to the next Pres. campaign is not he main reason-in my opinion-because if union donations are not made, contributions to the Dem. Party will be made by Soros or any of his like-minded band of-I believe-seditious rabblerousers.
The best thing is that the Fed Govt. will be shrinking-and not expanding-as it has for nearly 250 years.
This is indeed a cause for celebration!
Soros is on life support. I wonder is his wife has control of his assets or if he left a team in charge of them. My gut is that he left it to his wife. I have no idea if she is a zealous in the defense of idiocy as he was.
Isn’t the most important question regarding the above:
When with the Trump Administration apply the Sherman Antitrust to the many very large union monopolies which weaken the USA, prevent fair competition, discriminate against millions of our own non union citizens and cost 25-45% more per hour that the many fairly priced competitive firms?
Yes, apparently unions were exempt from Sherman, at first, for reasons which carry no water at all these days.
Mr. Trump, Please strengthen and protect the USA by applying Sherman Antitrust to all union monopolies. Municipal unions, too
“And this is just in Trump’s first year in office.” 2025 was President Trumps fifth year in office, not his first.