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I don't believe there is really any interest in balancing the Federal budget or saving money. It's a flimsy pretext for purging every person and program not ide
by me_again 2y ago
I don't believe there is really any interest in balancing the Federal budget or saving money. It's a flimsy pretext for purging every person and program not ideologically aligned with the incoming administration.
Would anyone like to bet whether the national debt will be lower in 2029?
- int_19h 2y agoIf they really wanted to save money, Israel would be the first foreign aid recipient to cut, not one of the few left untouched.
- nxobject 2y agoGod, if it's a purge, I hope someone has a "corrupt government contractor" index fund out there I can throw whatever severance I'll get in so I can at least hope to have a retirement.
- eastbound 2y ago[flagged]
- nxobject 2y agoHow is #metoo equivalent having a series of private citizens sideline officials in every government department, including the Treasury, to get access to federal administrative and financial databases to unilaterally conduct mass layoffs [0] and give the president ammunition for whatever funding fight he's going to have with states next? And promise to suspend normal conflict-of-interest rules in a completely unfunded deferred resignment offer? And forcing senior civil servants to resign throughout all departments and agencies, including firing checks-and-balances mechanisms like Inspectors General while they're at it? [0] It looks like OPM is targeting at least a 30% reduction in workforce this year.
- eastbound 2y ago[flagged]
- relaxing 2y ago[flagged]