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re: I live in a small city with a large federal gov workforce
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:04 am to 1897
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:04 am to 1897
It’s amazing to me the number of people who are otherwise in favor of accountability freaking out over this.
It’s almost like they’re afraid their bosses may take a hint and start doing the same thing. Then where would they be?
It’s almost like they’re afraid their bosses may take a hint and start doing the same thing. Then where would they be?
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Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:06 am to deltaland
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I get tired of this argument that such and such is only 1-2% of the budget and won’t make a big dent so we shouldn’t cut it.
If you cut waste, fraud, and useless workers in every program and agency, all those small percentages add up to a big percentage
“Many mickles make a muckle.”
- George Washington
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:06 am to AUJACK
Same story over here. My wife “retired” after our first born. We were making about 50k as a family at the time. 20 years and 3 kids later, we are doing more than fine.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:06 am to Godfather1
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It’s amazing to me the number of people who are otherwise in favor of accountability freaking out over this. It’s almost like they’re afraid their bosses may take a hint and start doing the same thing. Then where would they be?
People who bitch about being micromanaged during their entire career job to job just can’t find a mirror.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:09 am to AUJACK
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That was 30 years and 3 more kids ago. It's amazing how people can be motivated.
Same. 37 years and four kids ago. We got it done.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:13 am to Jrv2damac
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It won’t do shite for the debt, but as long as you’re feeling good.
This is a ridiculous answer from two points.
1. The only other option is to do nothing, meaning you support waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.
2. This is the ridiculously disingenuous narrative of implying that waste, fraud and abuse is only worth addressing if any single instance of it meets some unnamed amount. They know the majority of waste, fraud and abuse is likely to be akin to "death by a thousand cuts", so they seek to downplay any individual instance by never committing to an amount of how much waste, fraud and abuse is too much (a constantly moving goal post).
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:15 am to Jrv2damac
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This may be the political brochure answer, but in reality it’s just a vendetta against anyone you think is Liberal.
In my years of practice ownership, I was fortunate to have hired two employees with incredible work ethic. One was a Vietnamese immigrant and the other one a Russian.
They worked so hard that they shamed the others into working harder than they would normally.
My guess is that you are not that person at the place that you work.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:18 am to jclem11
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The front line workers at these agencies that you are so happy got fired had nothing to do with these, moron.
Well...they have about an 85% democrat voting record so yeah...they had plenty to do with it.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:32 am to boogiewoogie1978
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The "size" of the government is the same as 1960. It's the spending that's the issue. Until those habits are changed this means nothing.
Your statement about the size of government being the same is wrong as there are roughly 400k more federal workers today as compared to 1960. Actually about 22% more employees than 1960.
The federal government has grown in terms of spending, regulatory scope, and entitlement programs. The number of federal employees has not grown at the same rate as spending and that is due automation and outsourcing of government roles, but the government is bigger in every measure.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:48 am to shrevetigertom
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Wow. There is a whole lot of stupid in this thread.
So population hasn't doubled?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:49 am to weptiger
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The federal government has grown in terms of spending, r
Thats my point. The employees are not the problem. It's the people making budget decisions that are the issue.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:54 am to boogiewoogie1978
quote:That’s fine but you can’t say the size from the standpoint of number employees is the same as 1960 as it isn’t. Regardless, the number of employees on hand should support the required work, which with automation and outsourcing, it does not sound like it does.
Thats my point. The employees are not the problem.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:25 pm to weptiger
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That’s fine but you can’t say the size from the standpoint of number employees is the same as 1960 as it isn’t.
It's relatively close especially considering how the size of the populous has doubled
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:34 pm to Jrv2damac
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It won’t do shite for the debt, but as long as you’re feeling good.
So spending less money while decreasing the bureaucracies that inhibit real economic growth and forcing people to get real jobs that produce real returns won't help the debt? Gotcha.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:48 pm to 1897
Your property value is about to plummet, but for good reason.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:51 pm to Jrv2damac
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It won’t do shite for the debt, but as long as you’re feeling good.
It's cute the left screaming about the debt all of a sudden while they sat sipping their latte's watching MSDNC or couch comfy with the View as pedo joe and heels up gave billions to Ukraine, allowed billions if not trillions more money get created to grease their world wide grift, growing a giant government bureaucracy, etc. You people have no leg to stand on in this. Actually, just sit this one out.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:35 pm to Westbank111
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Your property value is about to plummet, but for good reason.
I don't live in the city and my property value has 0 to do with their economy.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:44 pm to Jrv2damac
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It won’t do shite for the debt, but as long as you’re feeling good.
Guess what. That's good enough for me.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:45 pm to keks tadpole
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Elon’s not going to respond well when you tell him that all you did last week was f-off and shite-post on a regional /pol board.
Do you think any of the people will say they did nothing? That’s part of what makes this whole dog and pony show so pointless.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:56 pm to shrevetigertom
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Population has doubled since then
Wow. There is a whole lot of stupid in this thread.
Population 1960= 179 Million
Population 2024= 341 Million
Where is the stupid?
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