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19 sats \ 8 replies \ @justin_shocknet 18 Feb \ on: How Much of the Federal Workforce Has Been Cut and How Much More Will Be? Politics_And_Law
Round it up to 10% and its still barely a start
This is demonstrating for all to see that you can do these unprecedented things that people thought couldn't be done and its still not enough, it's beyond simple repair... this goes for the budget more broadly too, DOGE not making a dent
Since we probably need to eliminate closer to 90%, something drastic will have to happen after this pony show is over... Constitutional Convention timeline still on track.
lmao 90% of 2.3 million is 2.07 million. That would 110% cause Congress to flip next year and give the Democrats an easy thing to absolutely rout Republicans. It would be suicide and it wouldnt even work. Dems and Unions would tie it up in court and wait it out then rehire everyone.
This is about as dramatic as you can do without destroying your ability to keep control of Congress. There is a reason some Republicans are starting to push back because they are in areas that are starting to be hit with mass layoffs and constituents are pissed
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Congress to flip next year
lol, you wish
anything less and voters will be disenfranchised altogether, adults know it needs to be burnt down and that's the mandate. A few districts inhabited by contractors can't stop what's coming.
... and the voting machines will be audited by 2026. People laid off this year will be more gainfully employed (or fiscally retired) in the private sector by then.
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Lol you obviously have not read much of my political stuff because you would know I work for the Republican Majority in the House so hell no I do not wish for a flip. If that happens 2/3 of us get laid off because of how the budget is split between the Majority and Minority.
Fact of the matter is while sure tons of people are levelheaded and know that there is a lot that needs to be cut as soon as it is their friends, family, or themselves then it changes. Have you looked at major US companies recently? They are initiating mass layoffs I mean even Southwest Airlines who never has is doing one. If unemployment and inflation get stick and trickle upwards then the House is in some deep shit.
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I've seen enough out of you to confirm that the Republican party still has a way to go in terms of purging itself of feckless uniparty losers that are not MAGA and simply controlled opp that exists only to find justification for not doing the right things.
For someone taking such pride in being on-location you have the most milquetoast normie headline writer takes imaginable.
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Bro wtf hahahahaha
I mean you didn't even address most of what I said for the love of God. You just what say I'm a feckless uniparty loser and what you want me to just make stuff up on the hill and yell it to you? I would think you would like to know what is going on but it appears you dont you just want someone make stuff up?
Considering I was getting death threats on SN for a bit last year yeah no shit I toned it down. Work is already wild enough I dont need the stuff I do for fun to turn into a mess as well.
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Did you even say anything? you implied less people are flying, why because South West is a retarded airline that is neither poverty class like spirit nor business class like Delta so it has no natural market? There's a shortage of pilots and aircraft with no end to that in sight.
You have such normie beliefs its not even possible to frame discussion with you, you're worried about elections as if you have any idea what the numbers actually look like and what is already planned for the next 2 years.
You'd tell me 2+2 was 5 if you heard it in a committee meeting, making shit up yourself would be better than believing shit other people make up.
Fact on the ground is this the only shot at, in multiple lifetimes, a great restructuring. There's finally a 1776 spirit among the masses lead by non-pussies now in charge that aren't going to squander it because the remnant of feckless weasel uniparty republicans have a weak stomach.
What fun is there in repeating the same normie shit here that exists everywhere else? If you want to have fun join me in zooming out.