Yes, exactly. I think the statement is stronger said with the 100% increase in layoffs, 250% including doge.

Said the other way as devil’s advocate, it is easier to divert the focus, saying that the numbers are just a spike from government efficiency. Lazy government workers shouldn’t have been leeching off the government in the first place. It will even out in a couple months. (I don’t believe this)

Just The biggest source of lost jobs comes from the federal government, with 62,242 announced cuts from 17 different agencies, according to Challenger. Government layoffs amounted to 62,530 workers in January and February, a staggering 41,311 percent increase over 2024.

So, even without the government layoffs, it would still be about a 100% increase.

Maybe a strong strategy would be to start with the 100%, in the private sector, and then bring out the bigger complete number.

Also it’s a way to show how the employees are not listening. It will be be easy to say ‘they’ are not listening and have ‘gone rogue’