Hardball time .... bring on the PAIN for the Dems. No mercy, no quarter.
Trump’s shutdown trap?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3720040/posts
Excerpt:
In only five more days of the already-“longest government shutdown in history” (25 days and counting, as of today), a heretofore obscure threshold will be reached, enabling permanent layoffs of bureaucrats furloughed 30 days or more.
Don’t believe me that federal bureaucrats can be laid off? Well, in bureaucratese, a layoff is called a RIF – a Reduction in Force, and of course, it comes with a slew of civil service protections. But, if the guidelines are followed, bureaucrats can be laid off — as in no more job.
The RIF rules were written for the idea that you’d never reach a 30-day period of zero budget. They never anticipated a Trump-like guy would arrive and do this.
My guess is that on day 30 (plus one)....they send out RIF notices to 100 DC employees to test the waters. Any federal judge attempting to stop it...will probably invoke ‘Full-scale-Trump’ and 5,000 RIF notices in a matter of seven days...basically telling the judges that these folks are gone and you can stall as much as you want but they won’t ever be able to return to their old job.
Nancy may think that the judges can prevent this but the RIF rules were custom-built to fit this type of situation. Thirty-plus days of furlough open the door. All judges can do is stall the end-result....making the idiot government worker think he can get a reprieve when the law says ‘no waiver’. All of this will fall back on Nancy and Chuck.
Don’t believe me that federal bureaucrats can be laid off? Well, in bureaucratese, a layoff is called a RIF – a Reduction in Force, and of course, it comes with a slew of civil service protections. But, if the guidelines are followed, bureaucrats can be laid off — as in no more job.
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Good. If they’re non-essential, why on earth are we paying for them? Screw the TSA - the airports are better off without them, and screw the “arts” and “parks” crowd, too. You want that crap? Pay for it with your own money - not mine.