Mark Cuban Suggests Fired Federal Employees Turn Into Government Consultants

Billionaire Mark Cuban has a big idea for some federal workers who just lost their job: get into consulting. The General Service Administration fired workers from its 18F office on Saturday morning as part of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s ongoing trimming down of the federal government. After news of the firings hit, Cuban sent out his remedy on Bluesky. “If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms,” Cuban said. “I’m happy to invest and/or help.” 18F was a part of the federal government that worked to make the online and technological pieces of D.C. suck less. They were public servants working to ensure that nothing like the Obamacare rollout disaster ever happens again. And 18F did good work. Weather.gov as a usable website to track the country’s weather patterns? That was 18F. ... Read full article.