{"id":128534,"date":"2024-11-21T20:50:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128534"},"modified":"2024-11-21T20:50:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:50:51","slug":"elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-call-for-five-day-workweeks-for-federal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128534","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Call for Five-Day Workweeks for Federal Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leaders of what President-elect Donald J. Trump has called the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-trump.html\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>, said on Wednesday that they supported requiring federal employees to work from the office five days a week as part of a broad overhaul of the civil service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The change, they wrote in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?st=YNHNeR\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an opinion column<\/a> in The Wall Street Journal, could result in a \u201cwave of voluntary terminations that we welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf federal employees don\u2019t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn\u2019t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In their column, Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy described some of the early aims of the department, which Mr. Trump had said would operate outside of the government and offer input to federal officials. Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/16\/technology\/elon-musk-cost-cuts.html\" title=\"\">has promised<\/a> to eliminate <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/13\/business\/dealbook\/musk-trump-government-spending.html\" title=\"\">$2 trillion<\/a> from the annual United States budget, and has said that the government <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1856532960104583329\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">needs only 99 agencies<\/a>, not more than 400.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Part of the group\u2019s task \u2014 cutting down the number of federal regulations \u2014 would be providing \u201csound industrial logic for mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy,\u201d Mr. Musk and Mr. Ramaswamy wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two men have been advising Mr. Trump\u2019s transition team to hire what they said were \u201csmall-government crusaders\u201d to work with the White House\u2019s Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-1b5b8u1\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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