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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Truth Social going public?
Date: 03/25/24 2:13 AM
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While reminding them that the entire administrative state draws its power from the consent of the people as reflected in their election of a president. Using their employment to undermine the policies of a lawfully elected president is an act of disenfranchisement and should be rooted out,

The President does not get the powers of a King by being elected. He serves ALL of the people, not just those who elected him. And would you Mind explaining who and what this huge group of civil servants is that are using their employment to undermine the policies of the president? This sounds more like a rationalization for the failures of Trump's administration than reality. Or is what you want people who are willing to ignore the law and just follow orders?

What you want is that what Donald says goes? Ignore the Constitution, law, code, regs and do what Donald wants?

NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald told reporters Tuesday that the newly uncovered documents show just how destructive a revival of Schedule F could be if scaled across the federal government.

“The bottom line is, looking at OMB’s list, they stretched the definition of ‘policy-related’ to the point of absurdities,” she said. “Under these broad definitions, tens of thousands in every agency could be swept up in this, including many GS-12s and below. They tried to convert as many employees as possible regardless of their duties, just to make it easier for them to fire. If employees moved to Schedule F are removed entirely, they’ll be replaced by unqualified partisans, or they’ll stay knowing they can be fired at will, while we’re left with malfunctioning agencies and the rapid deterioration of the merit-based civil service.”

Don Kettl, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland and a former dean of its School of Public Policy, said he was struck by how widely Trump’s OMB interpreted the definition of policy-related work.

“My mind went back to Sharpie-Gate, and if you look at that incident, you can see the kind of risks that could come through in the process we’re talking about,” he said. “You can imagine some people who are not going to be included, like air traffic controllers and TSA workers and maybe border guards, but in IRS how deep might it go? Or the people in Social Security calculating benefits? And that dividing line could always be subject to change.”

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