Trump's Shutdown Trap?

American Thinker ^ | January 15, 2019 | Thomas Lifson

[glorgau]

Yep, it’s the old “fire them all and let them re-apply for their jobs” corporate game of musical chairs.

[matthew fuller]

So is it now Stonewall Trump?

[Jim Robinson]

Go, Trump!

[MaxistheBest]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/slate_labs/2013/10/federal_government_shutdown_agencies_with_the_most_furloughs.html

Who’s Been Most Shut Down by the Shutdown?
Which federal agencies are untouched, and which are ghost towns?

Back the trucks up:)

[lonevoice]

It is indeed. I would be shocked if this was part of a plan, but we will know soon enough.

[BeauBo]

“whoever came up with that should get a medal.”

I would guess Mulvaney. At OMB he was overseeing the whole bureaucratic structure and workforce - and had been tasked to develop a plan to streamline it.

He may have been pulled up to Chief of Staff to manage the execution of that plan.

They may have new org charts and lists of names already - like a real business would.

[CatOwner]

If true, expect some intense pressure on GOP congressional members very soon.

[grumpygresh]

When they contract out for services, they can save a bunch of money. Federal employees have civil service protection, good pensions and unions which obviously raises the cost of labor.

[mbrfl]

Thanks for posting. Keeping my fingers crossed that it happens.

[Senator_Blutarski]

bump for later

[mbrfl]

Interesting. However this, if it happens, goes beyond just firing people employed for less than a year. If the article is correct, it could be applied to anyone who has been furloughed, even those who have held their positions for more than a year.

[AndyJackson]

As much as I despise government bureaucracy, privatizing such things is worse, not better frequently just another excuse for politically connected private entities to raid the public fis.. Now if you can find a way to set a standard and let industry compete to provide the service at the best possible price vs quality that would be another thing, but that is rare also especially when you have government bureaucrats trying to tell private entities how to conduct their affairs.

[9YearLurker]

I’m sorry, but those first three factors are bogus.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

If anyone has been wondering what "draining the swamp", striking at the deep state, paring down the size of the administrative bureaucracy looks like - this is it, right here. And this may be an opportunity to even permanently eliminate a lot of those positions - just like the sort of downsizing I've seen in the private sector. Once someone retires, quits, no one is hired to refill the position - it just ceases to be and another percentage of overhead is reduced for the company. Same might could happen with this situation.

 

 

[PCPOET7]

I mentioned my room mate being permanently furlough to point out that permanently being on furlough for government employees is not a fantasy by those that presented it. this is a real possibility.

[miserare]

The Donald is a master strategerist! 🤣

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’ve long said that the entire management of federal bureaucracy should be fired and half the rest fired, too.

[Boardwalk]

Meanwhile has anyone heard from RBG?

[T Ruth]

It’s the junior guys that haven’t been around long enough to bump someone else that end up out of a job.

Wouldn't that mean that it's mostly Obamabots that would get the boot?