There have been dozens of forest and National Park service workers fired in SE Alaska’s Tongass National Forest by DOGE recently. The Mendenhall Glacier visitor center has just two maintenance workers remaining. At least three park rangers are needed for law enforcement and visitor safety at the site.
I view job loss as a normal part of the landscape. One just moves on to the next station in life. Federal jobs are good ones compared to some private sector jobs. They get retirement and social security?
Government workers serve the public and presently the public can be served by decreasing government cost and transferring tasks to the private sector that can be done by the private sector. Whatever Mr. Trump and DOGE accomplish the next administration will need to find new ways to accomplish public service through free enterprise.
Everyone wants to live in the rainforest yet being unemployed burns up savings quickly. Those that lost work should lose no time in pursuing educational and work opportunities elsewhere before they go broke. One can return to S.E. in the future. There are lots of good places to explore in the 48 states.
