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In fact, the price for telling the truth can be steep. Federal workers who come forward to report corruption more often than not face unjust retaliation from their superiors, politicians, and even the White House. They can be fired, publicly threatened, unfairly disciplined, or investigated for years on end — and while there are legal protections against retaliation, they are far too weak to guarantee it won’t happen. With the threat of retaliation so extreme, people are systematically deterred from stepping forward. But truth-tellers are vital to a healthy democracy. They keep the whole operation honest by bringing bad things happening in the shadows to light. When people stay silent about shady government business, we’re the ones who suffer. But there’s hope in the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act — the WPIA — a hard-fought bill that could make it safer (and hopefully, more routine) to tell the truth.
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