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| 2016-07-21 |
| [Yahoo] If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally, Chris Christie, said on Tuesday. Christie, who is governor of New Jersey and leads Trump's White House transition team, said the campaign was drawing up a list of federal government employees to fire if Trump defeats Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 If they quit they should get unemployment for 3 months or whatever the standard is. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-07-21 15:12 |
| #7 The loudmouths would still want their pension and I'm not sure what that status would be if they quit. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-07-21 12:24 |
| #6 It should be very easy to fire anyone in Washington and they should expect to be cut lose at any infraction. What we have now is an abomination where lifetime bureaucrats feel unconstrained by the law. Of course a lot of the loudmouths said they'd quit (which they won't but which would make life a bit easier for everyone if they did). |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-07-21 10:10 |
| #5 "You're all fired!" |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-07-21 09:14 |
| #4 He might have been a chauvinistic jerk Give the old general a break. He was just your everyday, garden variety Frenchman. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-07-21 08:41 |
| #3 Clean house should be the rule, not the exception. He might have been a chauvinistic jerk, but Charles DeGaulle got it right when he said "The cemeteries are filled with indispensable men..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-07-21 08:37 |
| #2 If George W. had done this he would have had a much easier time as President and would not have had to put up with all of the "leaks" and innuendo from Langley and Foggy Bottom |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2016-07-21 07:58 |
| #1 Oh my heavenly daze - yet another reason to vote for 'the best qualified individual since Bill Clinton'. Scare tactics. Fire the useless political appointees, who want to move to somewhere else, anyway. Let the rest expire in place. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-07-21 07:24 |