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| Federal Employees Are Making Life Plans After Being Fired if Trump Wins — And Man, Is It Glorious — RedState |
| 2024-10-17 |
| [REDSTATE] A recent report chronicles the struggles of a handful of federal employees as they learn to cope with the reality that Donald Trump just might win the election. It is unintentionally one of the funniest things you're going to read this election cycle. POLITICO covered the group heralding from various government agencies as they came to terms with the fact that their jobs might be on the line if Trump defeats Kamala Harris. They suggest a new administration would be "vindictive" and eliminate their jobs. As such, they prep for the inevitability. A large portion of these federal workers are fleeing the EPA, transferring to departments that won't be as target-rich for a Trump administration eager to eliminate waste and over-spending. But the outlet also gets down into the weeds, noting one couple who is being forced to put off buying a new car and making home renovations because they're worried about their jobs. Now look, I'm not one to relish in anybody's misery. But the POLITICO piece has all the vibes of this group ... I have friends who are federal workers. They would acknowledge the bloat in various government agencies. It's nothing personal. But man, this article is glorious. It needs to be injected directly into my veins. It's practically an ad in the making for the Trump campaign. ''We have stopped doing any money-spending things because what if we're without jobs in the next year?'' one Interior employee tells POLITICO. ''We need all the savings we can get.'' Gosh, that really resonates with the average American who has had to 'stop doing money-spending things' for four years, just so they could afford gas to drive to their two jobs and then pick up a scaled-down list of groceries that their family has to ration on the way home. That couple, by the way, no longer feels confident in buying a new car or making home repairs. Sad. How many of you have put that off during this administration's evisceration of the American worker's paycheck? ''We're both feeling the heaviness of this right now," they state. Words are peppered throughout the column that capture the mood of those who suddenly feel like their livelihoods might be on the chopping block. Panic. Distraught. Fear. Doom and gloom ... literally. ''They're so vindictive, I can see them going back through E&E News articles and saying, 'You're fired,''' one employee worries. Seems a handful of federal employees can now relate to those who lost their jobs during the pandemic. Who were threatened with being - or actually were - fired if they didn't submit to the needle. To quote Officer John McClane from "Die Hard" - Welcome to the party, pal. Through it all, though, one can rest assured that the sacrifice these federal employees might have to make pales in comparison to the overall picture. You guessed it - the threat to democracy. ''People are worried, but anybody who has half a brain is existentially afraid for the safety of democracy,'' an employee at the National Science Foundation says. Oh, the self-imagined heroism. Funny you should mention half a brain. Perhaps the fear isn't so much that Trump will be vindictive but rather, that he will hold federal employees accountable. Does anybody at the EPA or the Interior or State Departments remember what that word means? |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Someone asked "who will pick the produce if we deport all the illegals?" Now we have the answer... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2024-10-17 22:56 |
| #6 Latter Snark O' The Day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-10-17 18:27 |
| #5 One thing nobody is talking about is the enormous boost to the economy when Trump reroutes all those hyper-efficient federal employees to the private sector. "Stand aside, boys, lemme show you how we did things at the Department of Education!" |
| Posted by: Matt 2024-10-17 16:31 |
| #4 But the outlet also gets down into the weeds, noting one couple who is being forced to put off buying a new car and making home renovations because they're worried about their jobs. Everyone not government employed the last 4 years. Hell, the last 20 years except for 4. Maybe we could replace all those EPA employees with Haitians. Bet they could get all that forest underbrush gathered up for cooking firewood. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-10-17 12:06 |
| #3 Peak housing in N.Virginia? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-10-17 07:57 |
| #2 Halperin Says Trump Victory Will ‘Cause Greatest Mental Health Crisis in History’ |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-17 01:08 |
| #1 Learn to code. Ha ha! |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2024-10-17 00:55 |