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In reply to the discussion: Billionaire Vivek Tells Federal Workers Getting Fired Will Be Good For Them [View all]patphil
(9,145 posts)30. So they want to deport over 10 million immigrants and fire millions of federal workers?
And add a massive tariff on foreign goods sold here?
Oh, and cut back on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Benefits.
That will crater our economy big time; possible actual depression.
It would also push the world economy over the edge.
If all this is done, there will be riots in the streets, massive civil disobedience, mass arrests, and perhaps a whole bunch of people getting killed.
This is the future Trump promises for America.
He is in the process of setting up the team that will do all this.
Ramaswampy is just another billionaire who couldn't care less what the cost to America is, as long as he gets to tear it down his way.
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Billionaire Vivek Tells Federal Workers Getting Fired Will Be Good For Them [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Dec 2024
OP
The billionaires think they can privatize all these services, then fire people.
Irish_Dem
Dec 2024
#13
The ones that do have private equivalents often result from the Federal Government
genxlib
Dec 2024
#29
Yes. and those benefits are meant to keep good employees from fleeing to
travelingthrulife
Dec 2024
#28
"Civil Service" once had a meaning that the likes of Musk and Vivek will never understand.
Jit423
Dec 2024
#16
This guy who got a total of a vote and a half in the retrumplican primary is telling us how things 'aughta be...
Hugin
Dec 2024
#21
Funny how "tough love" always seems to emphasize the "tough" without much love...
Wounded Bear
Dec 2024
#26
So they want to deport over 10 million immigrants and fire millions of federal workers?
patphil
Dec 2024
#30
I wonder if being vivisected with a chain saw would be good for Vivek
struggle4progress
Dec 2024
#38