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Trump's shutdown trap?

Fletch said:
Says the nutter who still believes in the Russian Collusion nonsense.
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that has a ton of indictments already. christ almight right winger are dumb
 
rjay said:
Interesting article? I lost interest as soon as I read "Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State"
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Of course you did.

Closed minds are the hallmark of Leftists.
 
So the 50,000 employees Trump just ordered back to work without pay so you won't feel the damage he's doing is all some master plan to shrink the federal government?
That's some real mental gymnastics to get there.
I expect to see an article in a few days that says we don't need the coast guard they are not a needed branch of the military so lets just get rid of them. I guess the writer of the article forgot their not getting paid either.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Ah yes the American thinker.

A website that requires its readers never dare think.

Ever.

Know I’ve said that a thousand times but it’s worth reminding folks.
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Odd, you make that claim but provide zero evidence from the article.

Why is that? is it because you cannot? Did you read the article?

What’s interesting is you rarely offer words which can be considered rebuttal... when you use words.

So, let’s have your rebuttal as to why this article is flawed, or represents non-thinking. If you can muster the thought, the critical analysis, and intellectual skills to write it out in a coherent matter.

The article proffers a view not seen, not reported, and not discussed by the Goebbels Media Propagandists. It’s novel, legal and possible... but I’d bet huge money you failed to read the article.
 
zimmer said:
Of course you did.

Closed minds are the hallmark of Leftists.
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The minute I read Deep State, I know whoever wrote the article is not a thinker.
 
Middle_Ground said:
So the 50,000 employees Trump just ordered back to work without pay so you won't feel the damage he's doing is all some master plan to shrink the federal government?
That's some real mental gymnastics to get there.
I expect to see an article in a few days that says we don't need the coast guard they are not a needed branch of the military so lets just get rid of them. I guess the writer of the article forgot their not getting paid either.
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It’s not mental gymnastics... it’s the law.
 
rjay said:
The minute I read Deep State, I know whoever wrote the article is not a thinker.
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Keep digging... ROTFLOL.

A narrow mind... is a great thing for Democrats.
 
bubbabgone said:
Interesting article ...


"Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy? 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. It is all explained by Michael Roberts here (updated after the beginning of the partial shutdown):

A reduction in force is a thoughtful and systematic elimination of positions. For all practical purposes, a government RIF is the same thing as a layoff. ...

Organizations must stick to predetermined criteria when sorting out what happens to each employee. They must communicate with employees how and why decisions are made. ...

In deciding who stays and who goes, federal agencies must take four factors into account:
1. Tenure
2. Veteran status
3. Total federal civilian and military service
4. Performance

Agencies cannot use RIF procedures to fire bad employees."​


https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/trumps_shutdown_trap.html​

Can't imagine it actually being tried but there it is.
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I guess there is more than one way to put the Jabba the Hutt excessively bloated democratic US government on a diet.
 
zimmer said:
It’s not mental gymnastics... it’s the law.
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What's the law?
50,000 employees forced to work without pay or the coast guard is not needed?
 
zimmer said:
Editor’s corrections in red:
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That too. Conservatives love to take away benefits that AmeriCANs have paid for all their working lives, give huge tax cuts to the wealthy and then "call it" smaller government. And if some folks loose their jobs in the process … all the better. -sad
 
Sampson Simpson said:
that has a ton of indictments already. christ almight right winger are dumb
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Check your facts. No one from the Trump orbit has been indicted for colluding with the Russians during the 2016 campaign. There is no conspiracy, except in the heads of 'dumb' left wing Collusion Truthers.
 
Irwin Corey said:
You don't have to respond. But nothing in your link, except tRumps quotes, indicated the jobs were foreign jobs; sorry but your "facts" are lacking. If you post I'm entitled to comment, I'm not doing anything TO you. If you don't agree prove me wrong or don't; I DON'T CARE.:)
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Please dont bother quoting me further. You are being placed on my ignore list.
 
Middle_Ground said:
So the 50,000 employees Trump just ordered back to work without pay so you won't feel the damage he's doing is all some master plan to shrink the federal government?
That's some real mental gymnastics to get there.
I expect to see an article in a few days that says we don't need the coast guard they are not a needed branch of the military so lets just get rid of them. I guess the writer of the article forgot their not getting paid either.
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Another not needed branch of the military, Space Command!!!! Reagan bluffed the Soviets with SDI, and won. Not sure they will be bluffed so easily now...
 
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