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86 sats \ 27 replies \ @siggy47 21h \ on: Bipartisan Blowback After White House Threat to Furloughed Workers’ Back Pay Politics_And_Law
We have different perspectives. This is the best news I've heard since the election.
While it sounds good it runs directly counter to the legislation. Plus the optics for Republicans is super super bad and the Dems have now jumped on this creating an unnecessary distraction.
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I'm not so sure it's clear cut from a PR standpoint. You are "inside the beltway", like many of my friends. Often the mood of the country isn't easily read from there.
The idea of the rank and file drones of the bloated bureaucracy finally suffering a real layoff like the rest of us is powerful optics.
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I think siggy has a point here. I often hear things like, "Trump's actions have a real impact on people's livelihoods!" as a justification to anger. But they are just going through a common experience that most other people have to go through. Why do they feel like government work means you're entitled to absolute job stability? The Federal government supposedly exists to serve the people. It is not a jobs program for federal workers.
I understand why federal workers might be upset and they have every right to be. But if agency heads view their primary mission as protecting their subordinates' jobs, then the agencies will quickly devolve into bloated inefficient messes. (Which I think has already happened.)
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They need to identify as transgender contractors
Problem solved
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If back pay is approved, make it a paper check so people have to come into the office
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Bleach and HCQ
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All they're saying is that the backpay is not guaranteed automatically.
I'd say there's no chance of backpay actually being withheld because almost everyone in congress has a bunch of stuff they want the bureaucrats to do for them, which is why they always granted backpay before that law passed.
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The draft OMB memo reportedly argues that the 2019 law is not "self-executing" and that the payment would need to be specifically provided by Congress as part of the legislation to fund the government. The argument hinges on a technical reading, suggesting the law created an authorization to pay but not the actual appropriation.
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I saw somewhere that OMB hasn't even changed their FAQ, though, and it still says that all furloughed employees will receive backpay.
I think this was just a very feeble bluff.
Indeed it is. It won't happen though.
For all the "work" done by Elon to me the most valuable thing about it all was watching the reactions. I have never seen anything close to the responses to DOGE when private companies reduce their size or make massive cuts to parts of their businesses.
@siggy47 you and I are both old enough to remember people losing their minds at proposed reductions in the size of growth in the past. I stand on my early prediction that DOGE would not make lasting changes to the size and growth of government. And if someone like Trump and Elon can't do it... who can?
The permanent state (deep state) has far more skin in the game than politicians or their appointees. Watch "Yes! Minister". Its funny, entertaining, and educational.
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Don't underestimate the impact of reducing the federal workforce by something like 10%.
That's a lot of people who can't implement a regime's goals anymore.
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Some have been brought back, but I think that's very limited compared to the hundreds of thousands who have separated.
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One of the highlights of the Reagan years was firing air traffic controllers who went on strike illegally
Reagan gutted that union
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Interestingly enough DOGE is still very much active but since Elon isnt around people dont really pay attention. My understanding is a ton of various spending/cancellations from the Admin come in part due to DOGE it just isnt presented that way anymore.
Big example is the AI stuff and the digitizing efforts are being spearheaded (at least I have been told this) by DOGE.
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I agree it’s a PR move
The Tesla arsonists succeeded in removing Elon as the front man for doge
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one thousand percent correct
Furloughed federal employees can apply for unemployment
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This is the best news I've heard since October 7... never mind, wrong thread
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I’ve been letting you comment away because at the end of it you are the one burning sats and not getting any engagement.
However this is vile and I don’t even want your petty attempt at interaction. I’ve said it to others and all say it to you. You can take that sort of shit off my posts. This is the third comment on this post and no one has engaged with you… not even a putty engagement.
Don’t farm my posts for sats I don’t need this type of low brow and plain stupid engagement. It’s sad to see you or anyone clout chasing on a post that has engagement just to try and get something, anything from it. So I am gifting you that. Here it is but now take your gadfly self and buzz off.
Three comments with no engagement… it’s just sad you keep coming back hoping someone will throw you a bone and does encapsulate being a gadfly. Don’t come clout chasing for sats on my posts because you aren’t able to generate on your own without spamming (your posts for months have limited engagement so maybe take a hint). Desperation looks really really bad on you.
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AIPAC approves your comment
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