White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown

Politico ^

[spokeshave]

But House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries struck a different note in an X post that appeared to take the threat seriously

Suck it up buttercup

FAFO

[spokeshave]

And the rest of the clowns

warnings issued by some Democrats — most prominently Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer —

[Shady]

Make them permanent.

[Libloather]

"Trump is lawless.”

Comment on Schiffty withheld.

[Psalm 73]

"The Office of Management and Budget move to permanently reduce the government workforce if there is a shutdown..."

Trump just pulled one of those Br'er Rabbit , "don't throw me in the briar patch" moves. Splendid.

[duckbutt]

Our Whitehouse Homie doesn’t play....

[duckbutt]

Schmucky is going head to head with the guy who wrote The Art of the Deal.

[Samurai_Jack]

That’s a susie Wiles trick if i ever saw it. Anyone that’s not deemed ‘essential’ is unemployed.

[Lockbox]

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”

― Rahm Emanuel

[ronnie raygun]

the rats helping trump to cull the government herd, what a concept

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

As my tagline says, "degrow government."

Belgium breaks own record for longest period without government Brussels Times, 3 Aigust 2020

"On 1 June 2011, Belgium matched the record for time taken to form a new democratic government after an election, at 353 days, held until then by Cambodia in 2003–2004.[1] On 11 October 2011, the final agreement for institutional reform was presented to the media. A government coalition was named on 5 December 2011 and sworn in after a total of 541 days of negotiations and formation on 6 December 2011,[2] and 589 days without an elected government...."

2010–2011 Belgian government formation WIKI on government not being able to "form" itself.

Imagine the Democrats and RINOs having to stay home for months without staff......

[nuconvert]

I thought I just saw a headline that 100’s of federal workers who let go by DOGE are being rehired?

[Dixie Yooper]

I seem to recall that the stock markets go up when the government shuts down.

[Justa]

"...but Democrats in the Senate have refused to advance it, demanding that Republicans come to the table to negotiate a bipartisan package that could include an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies."

Well, there's an opportunity if I ever saw one.

ACA "subsidies". Sounds like "subsidies" for 'Your Extended Car Warranty"

Hopefully, without the subsidies it will be easier for it to wither on the vine.

If the VA can't address it

My health care is:
-Passport
-Plane ticket outside the country
-Medical care outside the US -and its insurance companies, lawyers, multi-layered bureaucracies, add-ons, hanger-ons, govt. requirements and oversights and more bureaucrats, etc. etc).

IMO 95% of US healthcare costs are Added Costs to support laziness and incompetence serving a massive Organized Crime fraud and graft racket.

[TigerClaws]

Saw a report where someone went to Turkey and for like a grand got a full body MRI, blood tests, etc. etc.

Your list tells you where the $ really goes here. It’s NOT healthcare.

[Fresh Wind]

...specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue.

Why not target employees who do no work even when the government is operating?

[Sirius Lee]

“These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back

I wouldn't count on it this time, Schmucky.

[jacknhoo]

This is brilliant!

What is it the Marxists always say? Oh, yes, never let a crisis go to waste.

[Justa]

I just returned from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Two weeks, several exams and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell injection (MSCs and EVs) treatment for neck and spinal cord injuries cost $18K total (treatment, hotel, airfare, food, etc.).

In the US just the stem cell treatment alone costs ~$60K.

I go where I’m treated best.