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2019-01-16 Government

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Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Donk voters and donors hit hardest.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-16 07:50|| 2019-01-16 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 RIFs usually require advance notice of possible action. Start sending those out via registered mail and watch the Dems panic

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-16 08:54|| 2019-01-16 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Imagine Trump getting $5B for parts of the wall and a few hundred thousand RIF's? I'd take that any day of the week.

Posted by Raj 2019-01-16 09:26|| 2019-01-16 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd be happy if he only RIF'd 10% of the federal unionized workforce - if he then rescinded Executive Order 10988. That's the EO Kennedy signed authorizing government employees to unionize. They aren't organized to protect workers from capitalist excesses - they are organized to extort premium wages and benefits from their fellow citizens.

Posted by Flomp Unusoling7393 2019-01-16 09:43|| 2019-01-16 09:43|| Front Page Top

Posted by 3dc 2019-01-16 11:24|| 2019-01-16 11:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Slate article referencing depts doing the layoffs is 2013.

Posted by 3dc 2019-01-16 13:15|| 2019-01-16 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 I worked in the private sector where RIFs could and did happen with disturbing regularity, usually just before Christmas. Actually, it happened to me. It's tough, especially when there is a Democrat in the White House and the economy is in the tank. But you get over it. You have no choice unless you don't mind sleeping in a river valley or on a sidewalk.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-01-16 13:50|| 2019-01-16 13:50|| Front Page Top

#8 In deciding who stays and who goes, federal agencies must take four factors into account:

1. Tenure
2. Veteran status
3. Total federal civilian and military service
4. Performance

You're telling me that Affirmative Action has nothing to do with it? I call bullshit.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-01-16 13:52|| 2019-01-16 13:52|| Front Page Top

#9 I worked in air cargo for 24 years. I stopped counting after 23 rounds of layoffs - in 7 years. Getting laid off isn't the end of the world - it's a chance to decide what is important in your life and figure out how to get there from where you are now. Being a government employee shouldn't be a "jobs for life" program!

Posted by Hupoluting Squank3416 2019-01-16 14:37|| 2019-01-16 14:37|| Front Page Top

#10 ...unfortunately, for some it is a job for life.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-16 14:43|| 2019-01-16 14:43|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd rather see a RIF than a wall at this point. Both would be too much goodness.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-01-16 15:07|| 2019-01-16 15:07|| Front Page Top

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