Only Republicans are able to wreck the federal government—making it incapable of performing basic functions from air traffic control to food safety inspections, and destroying morale among remaining employees—while still making the deficit even larger. - ThreadSky

maxkennerly.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Only Republicans are able to wreck the federal government—making it incapable of performing basic functions from air traffic control to food safety inspections, and destroying morale among remaining employees—while still making the deficit even larger.

Reposted from Dave Jamieson

House Republicans snuck a massive policy change into their tax bill that could upend the civil service: It would make new federal employees "at will" unless they agree to an effective 5% pay cut.

One union official told me it amounts to "criminal extortion."
www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

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buttfayce.bsky.social•1 day ago

And then the media takes their crying abt deficits / non functional govt services seriously after dems regain power and try to make investments in fixing the country after Republican rule. It’s a story I’ve seen more than once in my lifetime

spdbump.bsky.social•1 day ago

What new federal workers? Who would want to start work for the government now, with low pay and job insecurity?

greenhombre.bsky.social•1 day ago

These MFers are working for Putin! Arrest them.

funpuns24.bsky.social•1 day ago

tomlavan.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m hopeful the senate shreds this bill. I don’t expect it but I’m hopeful.

mgrom.bsky.social•1 day ago

And come 2028 they’ll still have the “fiscally responsible party” because half of America either has no reading comprehension ability or doesn’t care.

ravenonthill.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isn't this kind of normal for a bad king or a failed government? They both don't do their job and they rack up huge debts in the process.

maverick72.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, they’re hostile to expertise. Start by looking at POTUS, his Cabinet, administrators, etc. & spot the trend. “These are dangerous times. Never have so many people had access to so much knowledge, & yet been so resistant to learning anything."
— Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise 2017

david.uncensored.zip•1 day ago

the best scam in town, because they then run on how the government doesn't work and deficits are too high.

heatherbussing.bsky.social•1 day ago

They have had a lot of practice . . .

jrhensley12.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, darling, that’s the point. They want to end all these programs. They want it to fail. That way they are justified when they eliminate the federal government and replace it with a dictatorship.

jkoteen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please. Criminal extortion is child’s play to these clowns. This is more like Somalian warlord shakedowns.

maximumeffort433.bsky.social•1 day ago

"At least we'll be kings of the ashes!"
"Ashes? You think there will be ashes?"

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