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Revenge of the bureaucrats
h/t InstapunditPresident Donald Trump is setting himself up for a messy clash with the country’s 2.1 million federal employees as his administration quietly preps plans to cut the size of the government workforce. Totally unexpectedly Have you not noticed? 'Messy clashes' are DJT's forte. Bring it. As one of his first acts Monday, Trump signed an executive order freezing most federal hiring. His team is also fine-tuning plans to shrink several agencies focused on domestic policy, according to sources close to the transition. Now, the president is about to find out how much power these maligned workers have to slow or even short-circuit his agenda. Disgruntled employees can leak information to Capitol Hill and the press, and prod inspectors general to probe political appointees. They can also use the tools of bureaucracy to slow or sandbag policy proposals -- moves that can overtly, or passive aggressively, unravel a White House’s best-laid plans. Do we have to guess what the author's political views are? p.s. You're for a surprise xe. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-24 |
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