ThunderHorse
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Balanced Budget amendment, why do these departments spend past their appropriations? Turn the money off.
Why still on Christmas Recess?
Why still on Christmas Recess?
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Richard Jewell wasn't promoted to the CIA after his event, but you're right, we shall see.
I can't tell from catching up on the thread- do you guys want the government open or not?
The Dems getting absolutely zero for the longest shut down in history is hilarious. We are not a serious country in any sense.
I think everyone here that works for the gov would love to pay their mortgage.
Devildoc
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Well, of course. But.... We've seen who is essential and who isn't. The folks who haven't been essential, who haven't been missed, might need to find a different job.
I am aware of the plank in my own eye. My job could get folded into another and my position eliminated in another realignment.
You've gathered all of that in the last 6 weeks?
We knew so beforehand, but the last 6 weeks helped verify those hypotheses.
Remember this when it comes time to vote in the midterms. I'd like you to be able to pay your mortgage, too. One of our political parties doesn't care.
Devildoc
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No, over 35 years of dealing with the feds in various capacities.
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oddly enough - if the shutdown identified "X" number of people that aren't needed - you can bet your sweet asses that the 14's and 15's and SES's that do the paperwork to rewrite PD's so that 3 people can start doing the work of five...
...none of these half wit motherfuckers will EVER suggest that maybe the three people doing the work of five people dont need four fucking supervisors
...but I'll be a monkeys mother fucking uncle if anybody eliminates a single 14-15-SES billet before they put two or three 11-12-13 folks on the street
...none of these half wit motherfuckers will EVER suggest that maybe the three people doing the work of five people dont need four fucking supervisors
...but I'll be a monkeys mother fucking uncle if anybody eliminates a single 14-15-SES billet before they put two or three 11-12-13 folks on the street
Kraut783
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Promoted to the CIA? naw, she just left her PD job and got another job in security...a step down in my opinion.
Devildoc
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I have mixed opinions about it. I know a guy who left a local police department after some years and got a $20,000 year raise to go into corporate security. In any case, she was low-hanging fruit.
Have we? As I posted elsewhere a lot of folks are working without pay, including security guards. A lot of folks furloughed who aren't deemed "essential" have work to do. Just because someone was furloughed and the gov kept working doesn't mean they aren't necessary. My entire cybersecurity approval chain is sitting at home. I guess because they were furloughed and the system kept working we don't need those folks? Those are our policy makers. We're still generating work, but the people at home can't respond or do anything.
ETA: If your drain is clogged, but you don't immediately see the water backing up, you'll assume your drain is G2G. That's what we're doing, we're pouring water into a clogged drain, it just hasn't backed up into the sink.
This is where people need to look. Break up the good old boy clubs.
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I've been working for free this entire time and I'm not "essential"
...I wasn't essential when DOGE was digging through the old pizza boxes in the dumpster looking for receipts
...I wasn't essential when I stopped doing "my job" so I could put together a "justify your job" information paper with supporting documentation (on top of the what would you say you do here bullets)
...I wasn't "essential" WAAAAY back during COVID when I needed SIPR in a box to work from home
...but I was "essential enough" that I had to come in a few times a week to work on SIPR
When this shutdown started, I was just "essential enough" to come in while my higher and lower headquarters counterparts - as well as the other staff sections in my own HQ were at home getting "free leave days"
...and when I smarted off about, I was reminded to be happy that I'm lucky enough to have a job in "this economy"
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