Views & Opinions: Don’t fall for it — the federal employee ‘buy-out’ plan is a trick

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View Online  Views & Opinions Views & Opinions One Key Op-ed  It's a trap! © AP New political appointees at the Office of Personnel Management emailed millions of federal workers last week suggesting that they resign. Although some media accounts described this as a "buy out," it is nothing of the kind.   Read the full op-ed at TheHill.com. Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, February 4. Each week we bring together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here. Other Points of View  Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: Democrats a permanent minority? Their ideology problem is only getting worse. Democrats' demographic problem is ideological: They're becoming more liberal, but America remains more conservative. What's more, one of Democrats' traditionally most important …  Read Here Netanyahu has failed the Oct. 7 hostages — Trump must save them  Four hundred eighty-six days ago, my three-year-old great-niece Abigail watched Hamas terrorists brutally murder her parents. Then she was kidnapped and disappeared into Gaza …  Read Here Under Trump, no state secret is safe  The Trump administration presents a substantially increased risk of the nation's secrets being compromised. As with many other matters, the pattern is set at the top.   …  Read Here Trump's impending massacre of the federal workforce will destroy his second term The Trump administration has initiated what may become the most devastating dismantling of the federal workforce in modern history — not with mass firings, but with a carefully …  Read Here Quick Takes  Opinions related to pivotal issues and figures in the news: What I learned on my postelection trip to Trump Country Trump floods the zone; Democrats need to raise hell Harboring undocumented immigrants? You could face decades in prison. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly: An agenda for peace, security and democracy   You're all caught up. See you next time!  Views expressed by contributors are theirs and not the opinion of The Hill. Interested in submitting an op-ed? Click here.  Check out The Hill's Opinion section online for the latest and take a moment to view our other topical products 📩 Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  400 N Capitol Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001 Copyright © 1998 - 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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