• scripthook@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    The irony that a News Anchor is telling Federal Workers to get a “real job” when she could get one herself

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    I’m a federal employee and have been for 25 years.

    Some years back my parents were visiting from Florida and asked to borrow a car (I had two), and I said sure. Then, later, I said something about how busy work had been, and my father starts laughing at how funny that is - and calls my older brother - so they can share a laugh about me “working hard”. Both lifelong Republicans, I will note.

    I was like, hey, did you want to borrow the car that my hard work paid for, or not?

    When I called them out on it, they said I was absolutely correct and apologized.

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    Yo like, there hundreds of people without a job already. Why did she want to have the unemployment offices flooded.

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    Funny how they’ll say this to federal workers, but they won’t say shit to the military who are living the socialist dream.

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    Even if I wanted to take the deal I’d have to work until 5/15 anyway because of the agency I work for. I haven’t heard of anyone taking it around me.

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    And many of the people I’ve talked to among different agencies are taking this offer. Those that were sort of close to retirement, for example December and the like.

    So wait, is this dumb bitch expecting us to believe these people are forgoing their entire retirement for a few months pay? Or does she expect us to believe that retiring them a few months early and saving one or two months pay (basically fucking pennies) is saving significant government money? I genuinely don’t know what else she could mean.

    I guess that’s what they do though. Throw out useless anecdotes, say it’s a good thing, and let the user generate feelings based off it while having no idea what it actually means.

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      This. And there is no way Trump will keep any “deal” that costs him money. He has literally built his business around stiffing contractors. No one should trust him or expect him to keep his word.

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      Right, these are likely people with fully vested pensions basically taking terminal leave above and beyond their accumulated leave. Most feds can accumulate 240 hours of leave to be cashed out on retirement. Trump basically offered people nearing retirement the opportunity to cash out 1280 hours. Much efficiency. Very cost savings.

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      9 hours ago

      Why would a worker that is paid less be less important?

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        Typically because it’d be a job that doesn’t have many skill or education/knowledge requirements compared to higher-paying jobs

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      10 hours ago

      The moon landing was fake. Unlike all the blonde hairs of the fox hosts. These are all totally naturally blonde and wavy.

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        9 hours ago

        “Totally, tremendously real. Trust me, I know real. I can, 100%, totally confirm that her hair—like my tremendously great hair—is real. No doubts. Everyone else saying it’s fake—they’re fake. Fake news. Don’t believe what the Democrats are saying. It’s Hillary’s fault. With all this AI, nobody can tell. They think it’s fake. They think everything is fake. I’ll tell you. Her hair, my hair. It’s real. All real. True American hair. Didn’t even need a hair dresser. Just wake up with great hair. All day. Every day.”

  • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml
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    Every federal employee I know could easily triple their pay by going into private sector.

    I anticipate we’ll need to rehire them as contractors at triple the pay.

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      AF vet here. Big govt personnel cutbacks followed by “Oh shit!” followed by hiring expensive contractors that do half the work is a tale as old as Uncle Sam.

      …that said, I dunno if there will be an “Oh shit” moment this time around: Trump is acting on malice, not stupidity. Weakening the US is his goal.

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        It’s actually a very common right-wing idea to take anything publicly owned and turn it into a profit-driven private entity. Chances are, if they don’t own that entity, someone they know does. When the contract goes over budget, you know they’re enjoying the spoils.

        Even if it’s owned by nobody they know, at least it’s profit-driven enough to bribe politicians for better contracts.

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      That’s the plan and one of Trump’s buddies will get their share for holding the company that organises it all.