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| Revenge of the bureaucrats |
| 2017-01-24 |
| h/t Instapundit President 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 |
| #5 Authorization for the federal employees was done through an EO by JFK. It can be undone the same way. |
| Posted by: Spinesing Gray3122 2017-01-24 13:16 |
| #4 Remember how they shut down National Parks and slow-walk passport applications when they didn't get the budget extensions in the past? Look for that but more-so. Government's not like a corporation, where the guy at the top can order something and fire people if they aren't done. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-01-24 13:16 |
| #3 If Congress passes a law removing unionization rights and certain civil service employee protections, those experienced corporate executives now heading agencies will know exactly what to do to root out the malingerers -- and they can guide their non-exec peers, as can the big boss. That's the thing the maligned workers and disgruntled employees need to worry about. That Procter&Gamble CEO who did his best for President Obama at the VA can lay it ouf for them -- I'm sure he can tell them exactly what's needed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-24 10:59 |
| #2 More diverse questions and voices are sure to result. It seems the only casualties are the egos of reporters for traditional media. For which there is no downside. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-24 07:07 |
| #1 Case in point, xe. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-24 03:48 |