Posted on 01/23/2019 2:13:45 PM PST by 11th_VA
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has pressed agency leaders to provide him with a list of the highest-impact programs that will be jeopardized if the shutdown continues into March and April, people familiar with the directive said.
Mulvaney wants the list no later than Friday, these people said, and it’s the firmest evidence to date that the White House is preparing for a lengthy funding lapse that could have snowballing consequences for the economy and government services.
The request is the first known inquiry from a top White House official seeking information about the spreading impact of the shutdown, which has entered its fifth week and is the longest in U.S. history. So far, top White House officials have been particularly focused on lengthening wait times at airport security, but not the sprawling interruption of programs elsewhere in the government.
The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose Mulvaney’s demand...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Agreed!
Betcha the 2 everyone’s gonna wonder about: SNAP (EBT) and Section 8.
Why? They aren't costing anything since they aren't being paid. Neither is Bush's. Neither is Trump's Secret Service detail for that matter.
RIP? :)
A lot of cities already saying don’t expect your SNAP or housing.
I didn’t even know the feds paid for that stuff.
There can be savings found for sure but the biggest biters are medicare, SS and the Military.
After reading last year how the military couldn’t account for FIVE TRILLION, I’m believing half a trillion should be adequate if used right.
The other 2 I am not smart enough to figure out.
Go for it! Most “civil servants” couldn’t even get a job in the real world, and certainly the heads of departments or agencies are for the most part political hacks who have only made their living by clinging to the Democratic Party, which is mainly the one in favor of expanding bureaucracy to cover every single facet of every life...and making those jobs the most desirable of all, because they are allotted on the basis of many things which have nothing to do with competency. And then they can never get fired. What better?
Lay them off, let them collect unemployment, and let them and their bosses (most important of all!) go out and get jobs in the real world.
Keep the essential stuff, but get rid of all this other nonsense and don’t think of hiring people for civil service because “how else could they get a job?” Literally, I heard that in NY for a government program.
I’m sure there are many very efficient and very good people who are “civil servants,” but they will be fine in the private industry world. And the others who won’t be fine might actually need to do a little career development and retraining and find a job that encourages their skills and capacities.
This has gotta make a lot of Freepers heads explode with joy!
Planned Parenthood?
Build The Wall. Reopen the big government beast.
Simple as that.
Then, Trump should decide that whatever is left can be eliminated. Federal workforce reduction.
Yup, if the dems (and Republicans) want to over-spend, they gotta eliminate departments and reduce head count to make up the shortfall. Personally, i’d Cut salaries for all federal employees by the per cent over budget.
Considering by March all the government employees would have been two months without a paycheck I'd say all the programs would be hurt.
Plug the leaks! Run 100-200 ppl through polygraphs. Set a precedent, Donald. Then this will not occur as often in the future. At the end of the day, ppl care more about their jobs than any devotion to a political stance or fellow employees being fired, etc.
Nobody, but, is essential!!!
Nobody, but nobody, is essential.
Been living in the DC area for 30 years now and for 30 years now I’ve been hearing stories about employees that do nothing and can’t get fired.
I believe it. Worked at VA hospitals in the past... same thing. Unbelievable laziness! Never fired!
60 Minutes did an episode years ago on a VA I just left. The nurses would drop off a food tray for a QUADRAPLEGIC patient, come back later and say “Oh, you’re not hungry.” and take the tray away. The other patients had to feed the guy.
Lesson here... Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for yourself.
Next, cross-reference each of said programs/agencies/dept w/ A1S8 of the Constitution, then the other Amendments in a fall-through fashion.
My guess would be damn close to, if not, 0% and could thus be allowed to go unfunded if not expire/terminated.
Anonymous sources reported by the Washington Post.
Hmmm.
What I’d like to know is this... are the IRS AGENTS, those responsible for confiscating your assets and garnishing your wages and scouring the world for your foreign bank accounts considered essential or non-essential?
If essential, why are they more essential than the US COAST GUARD?
Anonymous sources cited by the WaPo. I’m not accepting this until confirmation by reliable people
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