[Gritty]

A lot of people are missing the point here.

ALL government employees should get furloughed like the ones in DOD! At least it is arguable that DOD civilian employees do more "useful" work than the drones in the other way more useless departments.

Can you just imagine the "useful" work done by HHS, HUD, Commerce, Agriculture, Education, etc. ad nauseum? The answer is "practically none". Not only should they be furloughed, but most of their worthless jobs and agencies should be eliminated.

FedGov is a fat monster, totally out of control, in need of massive cuts, elimintions, and overhauls in ALL programs. That should be the point. Instead, we are arguing about only the vagaries of DOD employees. We arae falloing right in to the divide, conquer, and distract strategy right out of the Alinsky Playbook.

[SkyPilot]

I agree, but Defense is the agency in the biggest trouble because they have to absorb 50% of the cuts. That was the wonderful "formula" Congress signed up to, and the Republicans voted overwhelmingly for. So did Democrats. I think it passed with at least 70 votes in the Senate alone, which is a huge margin for any bill.

I am not completely sure on math here, so forgive me. But what I read today was that the DoD "bill" to cough up was 13% for this year (because of the delay in January), and now only 5% for other Federal agencies.

So, civilian DoD employees working aircraft maintenance on the flight-lines are going to get hit much harder with furloughs than say the overweight biddies in the Dept of Education working on the latest Federal Self-Esteem Project for Left Handed Minorities.

Crying shame, but that's the way it is.

[Mashood]

“We arae falloing right in to the divide, conquer, and distract strategy right out of the Alinsky Playbook.”

They should shut those agencies down and spend the money on teaching people to spell.