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I Had to Respond to an EMail

Daddyo said:
The leftists have politicized this issue and DOGE. Hopefully the majority of those who lose their jobs are leftists like the OP who place partisan politics over doing a good job and carrying out instructions from management.
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The fact that you want people to lose a job shows your partisan yourself assuming its only leftists who get hurt by this. You conservatives talk about working so hard getting a job work ethic pulling up your boot straps but yet you want people out of a job after telling people to work. If you honestly supported work ethic you would say i dont want people to lose a job. Why is losing a job only bad if you feel like mexicans or immigrants made you unemployed yet your happy to make other people jobless if they happen to be leftists?
 
I only want the people to lose their jobs who refuse to follow directives from their bosses in a political display that has no place at work. The fact that they will very likely be leftists is a bonus.

I am partisan. So are you. Would you answer an email from your boss asking you to explain what you did last week? I would. Political affiliation has nothing to do with it.

Any time leftists lose power it is a bonus to the country. That does make me happy.
 

Clinton reduced the Fed work force, Obama promised to do it .... liberal Democrats loved that

Trump promises to do it and does it and he's the devil


go figure
 
mike2810 said:
I have read some of the DOGE reports and find them lacking.

- The firings are not based on any workload or program review.
- Some of the conclusions are misinformation. example. the use of some of the SS data searches and conclusions presented
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$36.5 trillion in debt

give me a detailed list of who was fired and what their jobs were - we'll analyze them together
 
stealthycat said:
Clinton reduced the Fed work force, Obama promised to do it .... liberal Democrats loved that
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Republicans promise to reduce the federal workforce, grow it even larger instead, and the hornswoggled hordes of so-called conservatives twiddle their thumbs and vote more Republicans into office. The largest government expansions in my lifetime were Republican initiatives - NOT Democrat!
stealthycat said:
Trump promises to do it and does it and he's the devil
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Trump empowers a billionaire campaign contributor Muskox to stampede through the government with a chainsaw instead of a scalpel, his moronic minions claim that's what he promised to do after the fact, and they're upset because they can't seem to keep Trump from actually being the devil.
stealthycat said:
go figure
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We have.
 

12 of last 16 years were Democrat led in the USA FYI
 
VySky said:
So what? SecDef is the head of DoD. The boss asked some questions. Most performers would love to blow their horn. I don’t understand the outrage.
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Of course you don't, just like you think it's "outrage" and not a reaction against silly performative actions like this.
 
stealthycat said:
12 of last 16 years were Democrat led in the USA FYI
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I know. And the 12 of the last 24 years that Republicans led were not only the biggest additions to the deficit, but also among the largest government expansions in our history - FYI !!

DUH !
 
MamboDervish said:
I know. And the 12 of the last 24 years that Republicans led were not only the biggest additions to the deficit, but also among the largest government expansions in our history - FYI !!

DUH !
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link to show it ? or are you just guessing ?
 
Depending on the job how do you come up with 5 things
Take air traffic control, what should a controller say? I kept planes from crashing 5 times in a row?
The format is absurd as it assumes 5 tasks can be accomplished in a week some tasks take a long time. The mechanic who services the engines on air force one do you think he does 5 engines in a week
it is also absurd because due to the number of govt workers there is little to no chance of all these emails actually being read and verified. Ie somone can make up 5 any 5 things but since there is no real way to verify this what is the use?
 
oh and debt ?

$16 trillion Biden/Obame
$12 Trillion GW and Trump


Calvin Coolidge−$3,646,519,788.06
Warren G. Harding−$1,627,743,187.18
Joe Biden
$8,454,697,079,160.38​
Donald Trump (first term)
$7,804,591,681,202.28​
Barack Obama
$7,663,615,710,425.00​
George W. Bush
$4,217,261,484,712.34​
Ronald Reagan
$1,604,482,712,041.16​
Bill Clinton
$1,262,689,326,747.48​
George H. W. Bush
$1,207,189,695,334.34​
Jimmy Carter
$208,861,000,000.00​
Franklin D. Roosevelt
$178,464,714,660.98​
Richard Nixon
$121,339,561,890.14​
Gerald Ford
$87,244,000,000.00​
Lyndon B. Johnson
$35,865,507,168.58​
Woodrow Wilson
$23,036,251,492.50​
Dwight D. Eisenhower
$20,259,699,209.80​
John F. Kennedy
$16,888,694,386.36​
Herbert Hoover
$2,555,913,960.03​
Theodore Roosevelt
$483,479,337.65​
Harry S. Truman
$422,991,375.50​
William Howard Taft
$228,827,633.12

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U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage

The national debt has increased under most U.S. presidents. Here is how much each president's time in office added to the U.S. debt by percentage and dollar amounts.
www.investopedia.com
 

The blanket demonization of federal employees is insanity yet not the least bit surprising.

What’s really behind the demonization is the same tactic cult45/47 always uses.

Demonize them, try to reduce them to almost nothing in the hopes dear leader might look better. Try to portray them as worthless therefore no one should care what happens to them, no one should care what dear leader/Musk are doing to them.
 
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MamboDervish said:
I know. And the 12 of the last 24 years that Republicans led were not only the biggest additions to the deficit, but also among the largest government expansions in our history - FYI !!

DUH !
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stealthycat said:
link to show it ? or are you just guessing ?
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WorldWatcher said:
You can't remember Presidents since 2000 and know what party they were aligned with?

Really?

WW
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stealthycat said:
so no link, just your opinion ?

oh fine fine I'll do it for you
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That graph has nothing to do who was president since 2000.

And ya, it's 12 years DEM, 12 GOP.

The number of years each party was in the White House is fact, not opinion.

WW
 
WorldWatcher said:
That graph has nothing to do who was president since 2000.

And ya, it's 12 years DEM, 12 GOP.

The number of years each party was in the White House is fact, not opinion.

WW
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you said "I know. And the 12 of the last 24 years that Republicans led were not only the biggest additions to the deficit, but also among the largest government expansions in our history - FYI !!"

with no links to back it

so, I found the links for you .... 12 of 24 years Biden/Obama added $4 trillion more debt, didn't they ?
 
stealthycat said:
$36.5 trillion in debt
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is that your idea of a programmatic program review?
You can blame Congress for the debt and the President who signed the spending Bills.
Do you remember how much President Trump added to the debt during his first term?
stealthycat said:
give me a detailed list of who was fired and what their jobs were - we'll analyze them together
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Guess the news sources you use does not give you any information regarding who is getting fired.
You would have to ask OPM or a Department for a detailed list. You can do that if you are interested.

Mass USFS firings will strain nation's wildfire fighting force

The Trump Administration fired over 2,000 Forest Service employees. Their job loss will strain an already burdened firefighting force.
wildfiretoday.com
 
dobieg said:
Musk is looking into fraud, waste and abuse. Perhaps he'll look into vets claiming 100% disability who then go on to work a full time job.
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And here you are claiming to be a disabled vet in your about info and you have no idea how VA disability works or what it's for. Guess that's just one more lie you've told.
 
mike2810 said:
is that your idea of a programmatic program review?
You can blame Congress for the debt and the President who signed the spending Bills.
Do you remember how much President Trump added to the debt during his first term?
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yes, his first 4 years he was no better than Obama or Biden

he's actually doing something about it now - for that I'm thankful

1 story on 1 man

but you are right, we have no lists on who they were, what they did ........ liberal media automatically twists it into a doomsday scenario
 
stealthycat said:
link to show it ? or are you just guessing ?
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What's the size of DHS? Look it up yourself. 260,000 government employees. Now the third largest cabinet position, it was the product of Bush the Lesser, and his Republican congress. Did anybody vote against this new cabinet position and massive government expansion? Yeah - all Democrats.
Akaka (D-HI)
Byrd (D-WV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
etc.
Not one single Republican voted against it. Not one!

Republicans and their president, growing the government ... again.

How about Trump's new Space Force. 14,000 strong and growing, including the brand new 8th seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and with every concomitant layer of military echelon beneath it. Lot's of promotions there, eh? And do you think expanding the US won't expand the government? Trump wants to retake the Panama Canal. Ask yourself, How? With a smaller government and smaller military? Trump has expressed a will to annex Canada, and acquire Greenland. How? With a smaller government? What about Trump Plaza Gaza! Your president's new golf course, spa, hotel and casino! How do you think that grand takeover scheme in a foreign land would shrink the government? Without shots being fired? Or without tens, or even hundreds-of-billion$ in payouts to neighboring Arab states? Hmm? Take a guess.

Seriously, how do you picture all of those EXPANSIONS happening ... with a smaller government?

Another Republican president, and his Congress, growing the deficit and the size of government .... again.
 
stealthycat said:
yes, his first 4 years he was no better than Obama or Biden

he's actually doing something about it now - for that I'm thankful


1 story on 1 man
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sigh
I am not going to do your homework for you. If you care to search you would find many stories like I posted.

DOGE is not doing any program reviews. They are just recommending cuts based on a persons employment status.
stealthycat said:
but you are right, we have no lists on who they were, what they did ........ liberal media automatically twists it into a doomsday scenario
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Much like far right media twists the story as all is fine in paradise.
 
stealthycat said:
yes, his first 4 years he was no better than Obama or Biden

he's actually doing something about it now - for that I'm thankful
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This actually remains to be seen.
stealthycat said:
1 story on 1 man
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1 story on 1 man writ 10,000+ times ....
stealthycat said:
but you are right, we have no lists on who they were, what they did .......
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Because chainsaws just leave shreds.
stealthycat said:
. liberal media automatically twists it into a doomsday scenario
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Right wing-nut media automatically twists it into the Garden of Eden, hastily putting makeup and a halo on it.
 
Ever run across slackers in your government work?
Since you say you need the job why not quit so they can give it to someone who does need it and will be able to list 5 accomplishments from last week.
 
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