RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-job-cuts-doge-mistakes/

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested Thursday that around 20% of the job cuts by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency will be wrong and need to be corrected.

Around 10,000 employees were laid off from the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, as part of a restructuring architected by Kennedy and Elon Musk's DOGE task force. But Kennedy acknowledged they didn't get everything right the first time.

"Personnel that should not have been cut, were cut. We're reinstating them. And that was always the plan. Part of the DOGE, we talked about this from the beginning, is we're going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we'll make mistakes," Kennedy said, speaking to reporters at a stop in Virginia.

Kennedy said that the elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's entire Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch was among the mistakes.

It is unclear which other programs Kennedy may be planning to restore. The department did not immediately provide a response for a request for comment.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. He has no idea what he is doing.

[democratsruletheday]

4. Ya think?

what a parasite

[spanone]

8. Nobody in this idiotic admin knows what they are doing...

That's why he hired them.

[Jit423]

22. 20% layoff a mistake? But 100% cabinet picks are huge mistakes. nt

[yardwork]

29. None of them do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Imagine a ** doctor ** making 20 percent mistakes. :eyes: . . . . nt

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[Ms. Toad]

5. What a ridiculous way of doing business. n/t

[Hekate]

6. Could BobK jr get mistakenly sent to El Salvador ?

[sheshe2]

17. I sure as hell hope so.

[Rebl2]

20. Oh please do

[wendyb-NC]

26. You beat me to it

I had the same thought.

[Biophilic]

7. They are all just F'ing idiots.

Half the time I can’t make myself believe this is real. The other half of the time I can’t believe how really awful it is.

[exboyfil]

19. It is like some sort of f_cked up

Monty Python skit. I got terminated last year after 21.years. I couldn't imagine having a yoyo termination. Think of the mental health impact. There are probably already suicides.

[alarimer]

9. Ya think?

This is why this is a stupid fucking way to do this. There is a proper way to do RIFs and reducing budgets, but, that takes time and knowing what can be trimmed.

[Solly Mack]

10. Fucking idiot.

[sheshe2]

11. Bob said, Ooopsie!

Your F**KING mistakes and not getting everything right are ENDANGERING PEOPLE'S LIVES you asshole!

" But Kennedy acknowledged they didn't get everything right the first time."

" 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we'll make mistakes,"

JHC in a handbasket, this country is in the hands of idiots.

[newdeal2]

12. "Part of the DOGE" - what?

Not only does he not know English, or science, but he doesn’t understand how percentages work.

[Deuxcents]

13. So..they'll get it right next time? Where's the accountability for these "mistakes" that wrecked agencies

And people’s livelihoods? Is there any accountability or are we just supposed to take it?

[Justice]

14. It was always the plan to make mistakes?

What a bunch of idiots.

[Stallion]

15. Nobody Worth a Shit will Take a Government Job as a Result of Republicans treatment of the Public Sector over 2 Decades

[hlthe2b]

16. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to hear what his family is saying about him--especially his physician niece

Kerry Kennedy Meltzer. I know generally how they all feel, but to hear their words... it might be cathartic, albeit depressing.

I could say the same for CDC, NIH, FDA professionals, but I already have a really GOOD idea what they are saying. I could probably closely paraphrase without even hearing them.

[3catwoman3]

18. Mistakes, he says? I believe the proper response is, "No shit, Sherlock."

[vapor2]

21. His father is rolling in his grave

[GoodRaisin]

23. Because the objective was to DO IT FAST.

Morons.

[maxrandb]

24. "We've removed your fucking soul America!"

"Oh, sorry! Here, we'll try to put 20% of it back" -MAGAt Dipshits

[PA Democrat]

25. Measure twice, cut once does not apply to the Trump administration.

Everything they do is hasty, sloppy with no analysis. Sadly, the full impact of the disastrous results will not be felt immediately.

By the time that the pressure to fix their malfeasance forces them to try to remediate the damage, it may be too late.

[tanyev]

27. "Oopsie, our bad. Oh, you had to miss a rent payment? I bet your landlord hated that! Ha-ha!"

[ImNotGod]

28. I think once in a while his brain worm does a mind meld & makes better decisions than he does. nt

[spanone]

30. Stupid fuck.

[Meowmee]

31. fu psycho rfk jr

Could be mistakes??? You are the mistake.

[mwmisses4289]

32. Gee, Ya think?

Idjit.

[returnee]

33. So if my arithmetic is right...

…he’s saying a 60% reduction is just fine. These are assholes of the highest order.

[Prairie Gates]

34. Running the government like a business!

Worst. Bosses. Ever.

[exboyfil]

36. A poorly run business

I hated losing my job last year, but they provided 1 month for every two years of service up to 12 months (I was 21 years so near the maximum). Also WARN (which I don't know if the government workers qualify) was another two months including benefits. I only collected unemployment for two weeks before starting my new job (at 70% of my old salary).

[GusBob]

35. Ready, fire, aim

[Passages]

37. Says the Predator in Chief.

[karynnj]

38. "That is part of the plan". !?!?!

That explanation may be worse than the action. He is saying that telling thousands of people that their job is over was better than a slower, more thoughtful process.

I guess HE never needed a job himself ... and unlike his father and uncles has no empathy for the fact that others do.

As a "plan", he ignores not just the pain, but that many of these people are extremely hard to replace if they don't come back. Trump, Musk and RFK Jr may have started a brain drain.

[Eugene]

39. Mistake definitely, but maybe not the way he see it.

They regret the optics, not the destruction, which is the real blunder.