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Lay them all off already, give our privacy back.
by avty 13y ago
Lay them all off already, give our privacy back.
- Jtsummers 13y agoThe majority of these employees (the vast majority) have nothing to do with the NSA or related activities. Even tangentially. Those being furloughed seem to be in the industrial/manufacturing sectors. These are people making the aircraft, ground vehicles or components for them. Future furloughs will hit those whose contracts were to get funding this fiscal year (appropriations can span multiple years, so it's possible a contract is funded despite this, but many may not be funded until after this current budget is passed). And companies will likely use this as an excuse to save some money by furloughing more employees than just the ones on affected projects. And in turn I wouldn't be surprised if they try to change the terms of their existing contracts to stretch out deadlines, even contracts that shouldn't have been effected. Hooray! More money down the drain.
- TruthElixirX 13y agoAh, so they don't facilitate the spying of U.S. citizens, they're just facilitating the rain of death from U.S. drones overseas. Carry on then.
- Jtsummers 13y agoAh, yes, hyperbole, the key to useful discourse.
- TruthElixirX 13y agoWhat part of what I said is hyperbole? If you work for a defense contractor that is what you do for a living. Make shit to kill people over seas.
- shitlord 13y agoYes, I'm sure that's what every single employee does, including the software engineers, HR people, managers, receptionists, and janitors.
- Sae5waip 13y agoYes. The software engineers rather directly. The others are there to support the software and other engineers.
- jaggederest 13y agoI'm tempted to resort to hyperbole of my own, but suffice to say that if you work for a defense contractor, the fact that your job doesn't directly contribute to people being exploded does not absolve you.
- growupkids 13y agoAbsolve you of what? Supporting your countries armed forces? What a terrible sin.
- betterunix 13y agoSupporting the armed forces when we face a realistic and imminent threat, from an enemy we can actually name, is a fine thing. We are not in that situation by any stretch.
- trentmb 13y agoAnyone that has ever used US currency is responsible for that then, right? What with supporting the economy that supports the US military?
- aric 13y agoYes. That's among many reasons why bitcoin is nice.
- OWaz 13y agoWhat I get confused about and fail to understand, is why people get excited about hearing that others are being furloughed. What's so good about people not being able to support their family, or possibly default on debt and even worse allow city and state budgets to shrink? We all lose together.
- camus 13y agoIsnt that whole shutdown about spending ? well this is where money could be saved, by aborting all these expensive and useless weapon deals, instead of cutting food stamps for the poor. US society dont need new tanks, drones or missiles. Let's cut defense spending.
- adestefan 13y agoNo. The shutdown is about a minority faction of the GOP trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act which is already funded. It has nothing to do with spending.
- betterunix 13y agoThe shutdown is a political maneuver by a small faction that would otherwise lack power.
- gaius 13y agoBecause Jo(e) Average Worker gets squeezed by these guys more every year to pay their generous salaries and retirement packages. Well turnabout is fair play.