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The fake news would go nuts!

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 17, 2019 at 4:24 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Glenn....5 More Days and he can cut back the size of gub-er-mint.....

Wow! Interesting?

posted by Glennb on January 16, 2019 at 11:04 PM | link to this | reply

Glenn....5 More Days and he can cut back the size of gub-er-mint.....

Trump's shutdown trap?

Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy?  In only five more days of the already "longest government shutdown in history" (25 days and counting, as of today), a heretofore obscure threshold will be reached, enabling permanent layoffs of bureaucrats furloughed 30 days or more.

Don't believe me that federal bureaucrats can be laid off?  Well, in bureaucratese, a layoff is called a RIF – a Reduction in Force – and of course, it comes with a slew of civil service protections.  But, if the guidelines are followed, bureaucrats can be laid off – as in no more job.  It is all explained by Michael Roberts here (updated after the beginning of the partial shutdown):

A reduction in force is a thoughtful and systematic elimination of positions.  For all practical purposes, a government RIF is the same thing as a layoff. ...

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 16, 2019 at 2:04 PM | link to this | reply

Glenn...everything you say is spot on.....now they're saying Trump can't give the "State Of The Union address" because the government is shut down...(Yawn)

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 16, 2019 at 9:44 AM | link to this | reply