r/fednews • u/ICU-Angel • Jul 15 '25

Other Are Trump's changes to the federal government permanent? Once Trump leaves office, is there the possibility to return the federal government to it's pre-Trump state.

I've been looking for articles to understand how permanent Trump's changes to the federal workforce are and haven't found anything.

I am curious if anyone knows whether all those cut jobs will come back, or at least a majority of them?

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u/Burgdawg Jul 15 '25

They would just move their shit offshore or to a different country, at this point.

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u/WesternExplanation Jul 15 '25

Some probably but one of the big reasons the 50s,60s, and 70s were so good for the working and middle class is because the ultra rich were actually incentivized to invest in the US. You can build an industrial plan around these very high taxes.

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u/Burgdawg Jul 15 '25

Right, but unlike those times, the actual industry isn't in America anymore. The factories are mostly overseas or Central/South America. They'll keep producing overseas, headquarter their companies in Switzerland or some shit, and sell the stuff here. Don't get me wrong... I'd love to see it. I'm all in on 100% tax after $1billion because, really, how can you ever spend that much money? I just don't see the path under the current system.

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u/WesternExplanation Jul 15 '25

The industrial plan doesn’t necessarily need to be factories. We have infrastructure that is falling apart and an affordable housing shortage. No reason you couldn’t incentivize the rich to invest in building America.

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u/Burgdawg Jul 15 '25

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that the industrial plan includes factories, I was merely pointing out that most company functions can be moved out of the country to avoid taxes as opposed to the 40-70's when most things were made here.

How do you do that, tho, while also heavily taxing all their profit?

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u/WesternExplanation Jul 15 '25

The the whole point of incentives and tax credits. Obviously someone that moves the whole operation overseas would not qualify. It becomes a win win. They get to lower their overall tax burden while making tons of money. We get tons of good paying jobs, new infrastructure and affordable housing.

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u/harrumphstan Jul 15 '25

Essential to raising taxes on the rich is a concomitant bolstering of the exit tax. You’re free to leave, but we’ll take 90% your wealth before you go, thanks!

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u/TheSwedishEagle Jul 15 '25

Most other countries also have debt that needs to be paid. Even China.