Sean Hannity to caller pleading for the jobs of military vets in the federal government: “There will be other opportunities”
Hannity: “There's nobody that I know that can't find a job, at least temporarily, to get them over the hump ... until they get the job that they really do like and the one that they're most suited for”
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Sean Hannity to caller pleading for the jobs of military vets in the federal government: “There will be other opportunities”
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From the February 21, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
CALLER: Hey, Sean. Thank you so much for all you're doing. We sure appreciate it here in Wisconsin, and we tried to help out this election cycle.
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Well, you helped out big time. You did, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, all of you helped. Thank you.
CALLER: Yeah. I just wish we could've got Tammy Baldwin out of there, but it didn't work out too well. So, but --
HANNITY: Yeah. And, well, you came close. I mean, unfortunately, you know, you don't win every game you play.
CALLER: Yeah, right. But, hey, I just -- awesome stuff that DOGE is doing with Elon Musk. And we sure appreciate it out here as we're kind of farmers and taxpayers and all that good stuff. But, one thing I'm concerned about, Sean, a little bit, and I'm concerned the liberal media might run with this, is one of our tenants just recently got laid off from the USDA, and he's a stable vet, multiple deployments overseas. And yeah, the guy is without a job now, and I'm just afraid that, you know, stuff like this is going to get out there. And I know you've got a soft spot for military and police and EMS and all those guys. And just a little concerning that we don't let these guys, you know, fall off the wagon here and get neglected, because they've done so much for our country.
HANNITY: Look, I don't like to see anybody in a position where they're going to lose their job. In the case of USAID and obviously, your friend, I'm sure is not a part of this, but there was, you know, tens and tens and tens of billions of dollars just thrown down the drain and stolen from the American people and our children and grandchildren. It's just unfortunate he worked for them.
With that said, there are going to be a lot of job openings. A lot of people, for example, retired, and took the early retirement and payout. And then there's going to be jobs hopefully created in the energy sector, when we blow that out, which I believe the president's going to do as quickly as possible, and other opportunities.
You know, we all have to think of the "what if" if you lose your job. Everybody has to have that in the back of their head. My entire career, I assumed I'd be fired any day. And with the -- you know? But smart, innovative, hardworking people will always be in demand. Always. And it sounds like you're -- that -- I'm describing your friend. And I would just urge that person, do not get discouraged. And I would -- I don't know if he's getting the buyout or not getting the buyout, I'm not sure. If he is, that would mean he has until October 1. He's going to -- he will get paid until then. That gives him time, and that gives him time, you know, to find, you know, a job that he's going to, you know, thrive in and be successful at and be happy and secure again.
And, however, to continue to spend tens of billions of dollars on wokeism, transgenderism, DEI, and the Green New Deal abroad as the country veers off into bankruptcy, is not an alternative. It's not an option for us. And he can't do this to the American taxpayer either, and he just caught up in that, unfortunately for him. There are good people that are going to be, you know, hurt because the people that have done this to the country have put them in vulnerable positions. It's really not Donald Trump that put them in the vulnerable position. It's the people that wasted all this money that put them in the vulnerable position, in my mind.
CALLER: Yeah, no, I agree. It's just, it's tough to see, and especially for veterans that have done so much.
HANNITY: Yeah. You know what? But there will be other opportunities that are now going to emerge in a new economy. And, you know, make sure that he makes available to him that, you know, I would, you know, go and get that government payout 'til October 1. That buys him time. And, you know what I say to people that are out of work all the time, I say, "You get up every day, early in the morning, and you work the same way you would work at a job. And your job that day is to find your next job. That's your work that day." And, there's not anybody that I -- and maybe you don't get the one you want in the beginning, but there's nobody that I know that can't find a job, at least temporarily, to get them over the hump, you know, pay their rent, pay their car payment, etcetera, get the -- until they get the job that they really do like and the one that they're most suited for. But you have to have that mindset. You can't just sit home and -- you know, maybe take a couple of days, after that, you got to get -- you got to start working at finding work. And I'd recommend that, but I'm sure with his military background and discipline, he already knows that. I'm not telling him anything he wouldn't know.
But, yeah, I definitely feel for some people that were caught up in all of this, that didn't -- were doing nothing wrong except the jobs they were hired to do.