To my sorrow, the government shutdown looks likely to end. I was really hoping it would drag on long enough for Americans to realize that there are at least 800,000 Federal employees whom we don't really need. The average Federal salary in 2014 was $84,153 -- half again higher than the average non-Federal worker. Assuming the average holds for workers classified as non-essential, we could save north of $67 billion a year by firing them all.
With all these companies repatriating money thanks to the new tax cuts, they'd even likely find work. Maybe not quite at their old salary, of course, but work all the same. The kind of work that contributes to economic growth instead of taxing it, even.
Federal workers know this, which is why their donations point very heavily to Democrats. It's easy to see why the Democrats in Congress folded. They took their own core constituency hostage.
It's easy to see why the Democrats in Congress folded. They took their own core constituency hostage.
ReplyDeleteYup.
The Deep State determines who gets fired and hired, not politicians. Democrats pretend election rules matter, and Republicans pretend election results matter in the dead Republic.
ReplyDeleteThey can even stop Trum from being President. If, as he said, HRC would be in jail once DJT was President, well obviously he is still not President of the USA yet, because HRC is not in jail.
The rumors is that one of the factions of the Deep State wants DJT to get rid of the DC and USA cabal, the pedo spirit cookers.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't mean there are "white hats" in the Deep State.
If a US President ends up arguing with too many factions that are secret, they will end up like Chuck Schumer intoned. Or JFK.
Twitter is actually very useful in this context, as there are no middle men and no Nixon "I thought the recording was off for that conversation" moments. Low risk, yet high reward.