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When Elon Musk Offers Government Buyouts
When Elon Musk Offers Government Buyouts
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‘It’s insulting.’ Even federal workers who are taking the deal hate it.
By Madeleine Rowley
02.05.25 — U.S. Politics
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Should I take the deferred resignation deal? Is it a scam? If I don’t take the deal, will I be fired without the purported benefits of the deal? Will my agency even exist one, two, or six months from now?

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Madeleine Rowley
Madeleine Rowley is an investigative reporter covering immigration, financial corruption, and politics. She is a 2023-2024 Manhattan Institute Logos Fellow with previous bylines in The Free Press, City Journal, and Public. As a U.S. Army spouse for almost a decade, she's lived in six states and spent two years in Jerusalem, Israel. She currently resides on the East Coast with her husband and daughter.
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