Which departments hire the most federal workers? Hint the "war machine"

Ok quick! What's the last war the US didn't get it's ass kicked in?

I know, this is a tough one. You need to go way way back. The Korean War! No, I'm not counting Grenada. Our military-industrial complex spends a lot of $$ and produces failure. Every time we send over troops or funding to some far-flung area of the world, we don't "help" and were left with a massive fill for veterans, military hardware and of course a legion of folks who are ready to....

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Fed frenzy

Now, the scale of the administration’s effort to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy hangs in the balance. Indeed, the US Agency for International Development has already been dismantled following foreign aid hitting a recent high of 1.17% of the US budget in FY 2023.

Headed by Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative, the plan targets workers at various agencies, including many at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education.

But by far the biggest chunk of America’s federal employee roster is comprised of those in defense or security-related agencies, with departments related to Veterans Affairs (21.4% of employees), the Army (9.7%), and the Navy (9.5%) alone accounting for almost 1 million workers in total.