Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 20 The Washington Post says Musk’s mass firings are backfiring President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been rapidly firing federal workers with little consideration for which ones are critical to government functioning. So now, the Energy Department is scrambling to rehirepeople abruptly let go from the National Nuclear Security Administration. The Federal Aviation Administration is struggling to explain why 400 stafferswere let go mere days after one of the deadliest airplane crashes in U.S. history. And the Agriculture Department is attempting to bring back peoplefired despite being part of the effort to stop avian flu, which has decimated chicken farms and sent egg prices soaring. Americans widely agree that their government is burdened by \u201cwaste, fraud and abuse.\u201d… <\/p>\n
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 20 The Washington Post says Musk’s mass firings are backfiring President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been rapidly firing federal workers with little consideration for which ones are critical to government functioning. So now, the Energy Department is scrambling to rehirepeople abruptly let go from the National Nuclear Security Administration. The Federal Aviation Administration is struggling to explain why 400 stafferswere let go mere days after one of the deadliest airplane crashes in U.S. history. And the Agriculture Department is attempting to bring back peoplefired despite being part of the effort to stop avian flu, which has decimated chicken farms and sent egg prices soaring. Americans widely agree that their government is burdened by \u201cwaste, fraud and abuse.\u201d... <\/p>\n