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Gingrich: First thing Trump should undertake to be a successful POTUS

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-26 01:14|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Nah, he should sack Ctesiphon. Everyone knows that's the beginning of a successful time in office.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-05-26 06:37|| 2016-05-26 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Change that to "fire any incompetent/officious public employee anytime, anywhere" and I think you've got a winner

Posted by no mo uro 2016-05-26 06:47|| 2016-05-26 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 The solution is no permanent government employees. Everyone on a fixed term contract. Max 2 years unless a specific reason for longer. Will do wonders for motivation.

Posted by phil_b 2016-05-26 07:20|| 2016-05-26 07:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Spoils system!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-05-26 07:53|| 2016-05-26 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Everyone on a fixed term contract

The unions (AFGE, NTEU, NFFE, etc.) will go nuclear. HR-4461 has them partway there already.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-05-26 08:28|| 2016-05-26 08:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Wow. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4461
Introduced in House (02/04/2016)

Federal Employee Rights Act

This bill repeals current authority allowing the deduction of labor organization dues from employee pay and prohibits federal agencies, including executive, legislative, and judicial agencies, the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the government of the District of Columbia, from deducting any amount from the pay of an employee for the dues of a labor organization.

The bill prohibits employee dues collected by a labor organization from being used for any purpose not directly related to the organization's collective bargaining activities without employee authorization.

The bill requires a vote of more than 50% of all employees (not just employees who cast ballots) to approve union representation and extends this requirement to postal service employees.

An employee may elect, in writing, to withhold personal information from a labor organization during organizing activity.

The bill requires that all elections relating to labor representation, including elections involving postal service employees, have secret paper ballots.

Posted by Bobby 2016-05-26 08:55|| 2016-05-26 08:55|| Front Page Top

#7 "The first thing they have to do to be successful is pass a law allowing them to fire incompetent bureaucrats."

So that takes care of 50% of the Federal workforce - fine with me.

Posted by Raj 2016-05-26 09:10|| 2016-05-26 09:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Hell, just do away with Civil Service and go back to patronage. Make your representative and senator directly responsible for the quality of service of your federal bureaucrats. Betch ys, they soon find out that the job is too big, time consuming, and that, just maybe, they need to cut back on the size of the workforce.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-05-26 09:16|| 2016-05-26 09:16|| Front Page Top

#9 VP Gingrich.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-05-26 13:13|| 2016-05-26 13:13|| Front Page Top

#10 File RICO charges against the Democratic Party. Oops no, he'd better replace everyone in DoJ first.

Posted by Cronter Omose4055 2016-05-26 13:54|| 2016-05-26 13:54|| Front Page Top

#11 "The unions (AFGE, NTEU, NFFE, etc.) will go nuclear. HR-4461 has them partway there already."

I think a large majority of union workers are big Trump fans. It'll be interesting to see if the Union bosses bend with the wind or try to force folks back into the fold.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-05-26 15:09|| 2016-05-26 15:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Trump's base is Real Estate, which is construction. That is union labor which has 'extra-legal' access and influencers. The PR story is titllating but has little to do with the initial premise of firing "incompetent bureaucrats".

With "work with Congress to pass a law", Newt is sucking up to his old cronies and suggesting an action which will take years to complete. Trump has many options available to him including just basic staffing of his cabinet and other position appointments.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-05-26 17:38|| 2016-05-26 17:38|| Front Page Top

#13 He simply repeals executive order 10988 issued by JFK authorizing government employees to belong to unions. Demand resignation letters on file from all executive level GS staffers. Tell every Department to layoff 10% this year - their choice who. Repeat in years 2/3/4 if he makes it that long without being impeached. Candidly there are too many RINOs and if he gets elected they'll cross the aisle to vote with the Dems

Posted by Ulerert Forkbeard9217 2016-05-26 21:45|| 2016-05-26 21:45|| Front Page Top

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