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00:00Just hours away from the tight Thursday deadline, a federal judge in Boston paused billionaire
00:07Elon Musk's buyout scheme until Monday, siding with several labor unions.
00:13The efforts that this administration has taken are efforts to weaken the civil service.
00:20The whole thought behind removing due process rights of federal employees is about a loyalty
00:25test.
00:27The buyout is part of the new administration's plan to dramatically downsize and reshape
00:32the federal workforce of about two million people.
00:36Those who agree to leave are promised about eight months of salary, or risk being fired
00:42on the spot.
00:44According to the White House press secretary, a small proportion of the staffers have already
00:49accepted the deal.
00:51The last time I checked in with the Office of Personnel and Management, there was more
00:54than 40,000 individuals, federal workers, who had accepted the buyout program.
00:59We expect that number to increase.
01:01We encourage federal workers in this city to accept the very generous offer.
01:05If they don't want to show up to the office, if they want to rip the American people off,
01:09then they're welcome to take this buyout and we'll find highly competent individuals who
01:13want to fill these roles.
01:15The Trump administration hopes that around 5 to 10 percent of the workers would accept
01:20the buyout offer, although the legality of the plan and whether the conditions will be
01:24honored remain uncertain.