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In reply to the discussion: I am a Fed that is going to retire and so will 1000's like me [View all]Liberal In Texas
(14,865 posts)8. Good luck to you. What they're doing to us is just criminal.
All kinds of things we depend on are going to either disappear or be so broken they won't work any longer.
Several years ago my son was working for NASA and decided to take a job in the private sector. I was pretty unhappy about him leaving his great well-paid government job but it was for a lot more money with more of a chance to do what he wanted to do. I thought he was making a mistake, but now it's probably going to work out better in the long run.
I guess their goal is for everybody to, in some capacity or other, work for a billionaire. No more government doing anything,
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This is one of Musk/Trump/Putin goals. Degrade and destroy the federal workforce,
Irish_Dem
Nov 24
#1
The TSF voters need to understand why they should care (and yes they should)
RandomNumbers
Nov 24
#11
Eye-opening post! More folks need to get informed about what is going to happen on the ground level
jmbar2
Nov 24
#4
Kudos to you! Sounds like you've got a more exciting future mapped out for yourself!
PortTack
Nov 24
#6
Good point: the guy put in charge of government efficiency paid $44 billion for Twitter.
surfered
Nov 24
#14
And he (muskrat) broke the world's record in loss of assets, estimates range from $182 billion to $200 billion...
SWBTATTReg
Nov 24
#34
I was a fed who was able to retire in 2017, 2 weeks after he was inaugurated the first time
BumRushDaShow
Nov 24
#21
That's what's happening to my sister-in-law at Walmart who is a cake decorator.
cstanleytech
Nov 24
#29
Yes there's a prevailing thought that bureaucrats just sit around all day doing nothing
underpants
Nov 25
#51
Thank you for your service! And I don't know about you, but I fucking hate Republicans
LymphocyteLover
Nov 25
#49