Posted on 01/17/2019 8:45:03 PM PST by TigerClaws
only applies to an administrative furlough, this article looks like a copy-cat of a previous story that was later corrected
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3720337/posts
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2019/01/furloughed-feds-wont-be-rifed-if-government-shutdown-extends-past-30-days-omb-says/
It would be great if he did both...Drag it out and declare a national emergency.
‘Congress should do their duty under the Constitution and protect the states from invasion by providing the funding for the wall. In the meantime, I’m beginning the wall through a declaration of a national emergency.’-—President Trump
That would have the dems searching for the nearest bridge...
If he starts laying people off, then it seems that they only “back pay” they would be eligible for would be for that work they did before the layoff.
100 percent with a 3 percent margin of error. Seriously, It's well above 90 percent.
These were contribution percentages to that treasonous harpy in 2016. You can imagine the vote totals.
Like the DOJ[97%], other government agencies’ workers’ donations are similarly heavily tilted in Clinton’s direction. An astounding 99.4 percent of government workers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who made donations gave to Clinton over Trump, and the percentages were similar across the rest of government: 98.2 percent at the Department of Commerce, 84 percent at the Department of Defense, 99.7 percent at the Department of Education, 95 percent at the Department of Energy, 96 percent at the Department of Health and Human Services, 90 percent at the Department of Homeland Security, 96 percent at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 94 percent at the IRS, 99.4 percent at the Department of Labor, 99 percent at the State Department, 95 percent at the Department of Treasury, and 88 percent at theDepartment of Veterans Affairs.
I worked at the VA as a pharmacist for 24 years. I was considered essential and did show up for work during past shutdowns. Oddly and legally I did not need to do this. I showed up and worked, it is all about taking care of our vets.
The non essential workers loved these shutdowns. They did not need to work and received all their back pay as did I. They lived off credit cards if they did not have sufficient savings. The credit union did great business in short term loans to these people.
That my friends is the dirty secret about these shutdowns. The non essential personnel love them.
This hot economy is a good time to wean the parasites away for their government checks.
I’ve seen different views of this. So they will bet back pay, but can they then be fired after 30 days?
Some are saying yes, some are saying no, the 30-day rule doesn’t apply because this is a gov’t shutdown.
“Trump can effectively abolish the EPA by executive action?”
He could have done that early on, since it was created by EO and not law as I recall. One of Nixon’s f*ckkkups!
That would make too much sense for government.
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>> “Agencies can’t simply get rid of their lowest performers.” <<
That needs to change soon!
I’m with you. Up the ante.
MAGA! MAGA! MAGA!
“When it’s over do all non-essential get called back?”
That’s the operative question. As I see it though, the lower level supervisors are the same bucket of crap as the worker bees, and they too have a vested interest in the continuation of the Federal gravy train. But the appointees can start looking at what really didn’t get done, and RIF accordingly. Yeah, I know, Fat Chance!
“I’m sure the 9th Circus would love to straighten out any nuances of legal interpretation regarding this issue.”
Yeah, and I’d like to see the 9th Circuit “assemble one and all in San Francisco” and have the city visited by a Magnitude 9 Earthquake.
I would suggest this....under normal typical conditions...this discussed RIF simply wouldn’t occur. If we are still in a furlough situation at the end of February...60-plus days, then I would suggest a RIF might be brought to the table (maybe a 3-percent manpower cut across the table). Pelosi would argue about it but lacking any reason to talk over the budget, it’d just turn into another tactic to bring people to the table.
After day 30, a 90 day process begins. If he plays by the book, he can eventually make some progress in trimming the fat.
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