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In reply to the discussion: Billionaire Vivek Tells Federal Workers Getting Fired Will Be Good For Them [View all]Deep State Witch
(12,740 posts)32. Sounds Like What They're Going To Do
Is fire all of those people with clearances and specialties, then make them go out to Federal contracting companies to find work doing the same thing they were doing in the government. Without the retirement and good benefits. "Oh, you're an agricultural specialist working on climate-resistant wheat? Tough shit. Go work at McDonalds."
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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