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TexasTowelie

(127,583 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:20 AM 7 hrs ago

Kevin Hassett Brags About Firing 300,000 Federal Workers - The Logical Leftist



On April 10th, 2026, Kevin Hassett — Trump's top economic adviser — sat down with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business and bragged. He bragged about eliminating 300,000 federal jobs "gone forever." He bragged about a $600 billion deficit reduction. He credited Trump's tax cut — the one that mostly benefited the wealthy — for "supply side effects."

The CBO says the deficit dropped $41 billion. Not $600 billion. Less than one-tenth of what Hassett claimed. Economist Dean Baker — a longtime collaborator of Hassett's — called it out publicly.

We're breaking down who those 300,000 workers actually are, what their elimination does to real Americans, and why the "supply side" argument is a 45-year con that has never once delivered what it promised.
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Kevin Hassett Brags About Firing 300,000 Federal Workers - The Logical Leftist (Original Post) TexasTowelie 7 hrs ago OP
One of Trump's worst appointees RedArkGuy 6 hrs ago #1
Hence why I always refer to him as Kevin Asshat Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 5 hrs ago #2

RedArkGuy

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1. One of Trump's worst appointees
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:32 AM
6 hrs ago

Kevin Hassett is a buffoon and has been caught lying over and over again. If he's really Trump's top adviser on the economy, no wonder we're headed toward recession.

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