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2018-02-11 Government

'Hire the best and fire the worst': Trump proposes biggest civil service change in 40 years

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-11 04:42|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Automatic pay raises & COL increases make no sense for public employees, particularly in an age where this very seldom happens to employees in the private sector. If they don't like the pay as currently offered, they are free to quit & seek employment elsewhere. Public unions should be outlawed.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-02-11 06:11|| 2018-02-11 06:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Automatic pay raises & COL increases

Not to mention 'performance bonuses/awards' which long ago simply became annual cash entitlements.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-11 06:57|| 2018-02-11 06:57|| Front Page Top

#3 The United States has laid off 360 local staff in Yemen three years after closing its embassy

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-11 07:10|| 2018-02-11 07:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Can't happen soon enough. BTW, USA Today is an anti-Trump propaganda outlet.

Posted by A. Flavising9759 2018-02-11 09:08|| 2018-02-11 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Trump could set an example by getting rid of Javanka and their coterie.

Posted by charger 2018-02-11 10:13|| 2018-02-11 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 ..."While to some people those are code words, they’re very clear to us,"

'Hire the best and fire the worst' doesn't sound like a dog whistle to me.

"Basically it wipes out due process rights for employees."

'Do you know what a salary hit I'm gonna take?'

Posted by Raj 2018-02-11 11:21|| 2018-02-11 11:21|| Front Page Top

#7 There are only so many "best", and everyone wants them (except the police, right Paps). Suggest instead that they focus on proper incentives (performance, not longevity), weeding out the non-performers and canning the unions.

Posted by Iblis 2018-02-11 11:43|| 2018-02-11 11:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Huh, right-to-work laws.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-11 11:43|| 2018-02-11 11:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Government union prez Cox says: "Basically it wipes out due process for employees."

When have employees in private industry had due process? They can be layed-off or fired with or or without cause. It should be the same in government. Unions and Civil Service have become tools of the Deep State (Mostly Dems) to obtain a stranglehold on government.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-02-11 14:05|| 2018-02-11 14:05|| Front Page Top

#10 When have employees in private industry had due process?

Union members operate under different protections, JohnQC, and federal employees have been unionized for quite some time.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-11 15:52|| 2018-02-11 15:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Unions have no place in the federal government.
Let them eat cake.

Posted by jvalentour 2018-02-11 16:07|| 2018-02-11 16:07|| Front Page Top

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