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superpatriotman

(6,873 posts) Mon Jan 14, 2019, 06:40 PM Jan 2019

Senior Trump Official' On Shutdown: 'We Do Not Want Most Employees To Return' TPM [View all]

Get ready for right-wing think tank ‘privatization’ plans to be implemented.

You know what letting the lowest bidder do the job gets you? A BAD job.

An unnamed “senior official in the Trump administration” wrote in an anonymous Daily Caller op-ed Monday that the record-breaking 24-day partial government shutdown “is an opportunity to strip wasteful government agencies for good.”

“Now that we are shut down, not only are we identifying and eliminating much of the sabotage and waste, but we are finally working on the president’s agenda,” the official wrote, adding in conclusion: “Wasteful government agencies are fighting for relevance but they will lose. Now is the time to deliver historic change by cutting them down forever.”

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Senior Trump Official' On Shutdown: 'We Do Not Want Most Employees To Return' TPM [View all] superpatriotman Jan 2019 OP

Right. Like the TSA. What a bunch of assholes. Squinch Jan 2019 #1

"Sabotage"? greatauntoftriplets Jan 2019 #2

Reichstag fire for the Federal government superpatriotman Jan 2019 #4

Trump dictated that. tavernier Jan 2019 #3

"TrumpForce has the best person for the job!" (nt) klook Jan 2019 #7

Stephen Miller?? bdamomma Jan 2019 #5

Paul Ryan and Newt are probably in an office on K Street superpatriotman Jan 2019 #9

Hey Big Talker...Allow Me To Introduce You To THe Federal Worker's Union/s Me. Jan 2019 #6

And the longer the shut down lasts TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #8

I believe they want bdamomma Jan 2019 #10

any bets it's Miller? shanny Jan 2019 #11

The purge, federal government edition. sarcasmo Jan 2019 #12

Next step, privatize everything n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #20

Yep, V.A. is first then rehire minimal staffed government positions. GOP/Russia wet dream. sarcasmo Jan 2019 #25

I'm thinking... Bayard Jan 2019 #13

Unfortunately, I've been thinking the same thing. They want to tear it all down. hedda_foil Jan 2019 #14

Trumphumper: "Now is the time to deliver historic change by cutting them down forever." area51 Jan 2019 #15

From the beginning, Trump/Putin plan was to destroy the Government from within. live2011 Jan 2019 #16

Wasn't just a trumpft / putin plan, also a republican plan Merlot Jan 2019 #27

Stephen Miller Drahthaardogs Jan 2019 #17

Kick for the night crew. n/t area51 Jan 2019 #18

K&R UTUSN Jan 2019 #19

Senior Trump official is full of shit muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 #21

Yeah, repugs are treasonous nihilists, firebugs out to burn down our country. Mc Mike Jan 2019 #22

Trump and Putin are not alone. Nihilists as said, but also the same anti-government, Hortensis Jan 2019 #23

Reaganites gone wild Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #28

Yes. Only way possible is to vote. It's not that we lack info now, Hortensis Jan 2019 #30

So they want a wall, but not TSA agents? Huh? Johonny Jan 2019 #24

What happens when the government ceases to function? procon Jan 2019 #26

The security state will be funded by the public and run by a unitary executive superpatriotman Jan 2019 #29