How will a Trump presidency affect you?

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EyeballKid said:
Well—it happened. Just received notice that I’ve been laid off, effective at the end of the month.

Most of my work was based on contracts with CDC, CMS, and NIH. That work has dried up significantly over the past few months, thanks to Trump. And so…here we are.

Fuck me.
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Fucking sucks, eyeball!
 
lawtig02 said:
Our federal spending is already damn lean
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How are you assessing this?

I remember reading comments from Booz Allen Hamilton employees ten+ years ago on Glassdoor along the lines of “I can’t believe I get paid as much as I do to do this”.
 
EyeballKid said:
Well—it happened. Just received notice that I’ve been laid off, effective at the end of the month.

Most of my work was based on contracts with CDC, CMS, and NIH. That work has dried up significantly over the past few months, thanks to Trump. And so…here we are.

Fuck me.
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Don’t sweat it. You may have just one egg for breakfast rather than two. Dear Leader has a plan to MAGA. Trump is like a five-year-old with a Rolex and a screwdriver. What could possibly go wrong?
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
How are you assessing this?

I remember reading comments from Booz Allen Hamilton employees ten+ years ago on Glassdoor along the lines of “I can’t believe I get paid as much as I do to do this”.
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Every federal employ I've ever known was underpaid comparatively. Several said they were there for other reasons, like pensions.
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
How are you assessing this?

I remember reading comments from Booz Allen Hamilton employees ten+ years ago on Glassdoor along the lines of “I can’t believe I get paid as much as I do to do this”.
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The said part is half of Booz Allen-I forget which half-was paid through State and Local contracts
 
wmheel1287 said:
Yeah, I've yet to see a citizen lose out on a job to an immigrant worker.
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I’d lose out on a job roofing structures in the Lower 48 in the months of April-October……too damn hot…..especially on a roof.

I remember the day they “roofed” my new house…..it wasn’t hot or sunny…..it was drizzling……….5-6 Latinos swarmed the roof……done in 2-3 hours (650 square feet of house and porch). Tiny house. Immaculate site after they were done.

Two years later…..my parents house - a BIG ranch with a MASSIVE roof…..July. Hotter than Hades. Humid. Nasty.

Those guys hit the work. Done 3 days later (again, this is about 4,500 square feet of roof plus hips and valleys and more.

No litter. No cigarette butts. No partial shingles littering the ground. On any day of the work.
 
Zoo_View said:
So, “consultants” thought they were overpaid.

That has what to do with staffing levels in the federal government?
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I was responding to the statement “federal spending is already damn lean”.

Seems to contradict the deficit trend. I heard somewhere if we reset all spend to precovid (2019) levels, problem is largely solved.
 
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ColdBlueSteel said:
I was responding to the statement “federal spending is already damn lean”.

Seems to contradict the deficit trend. I heard somewhere if we reset all spend to precovid (2019) levels, problem is largely solved.
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I’ll even use a Heritage chart for this one. And keep in mind that almost half of discretionary is military spending, and much of the rest is things like veterans benefits.

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lawtig02 said:
I’ll even use a Heritage chart for this one. And keep in mind that almost half of discretionary is military spending, and much of the rest is things like veterans benefits.

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That projection seems to conveniently de-emphasize the discretionary spending that allegedly keeps our elected officials in office.
What about where we are today? If we reduce discretionary can we also reduce interest and fund entitlements? The below chart is from USA Facts (which I am not all that familiar with). Assuming the data is good, there are some pretty big buckets that get overlooked in the framing above.
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lawtig02 said:
I’ll even use a Heritage chart for this one. And keep in mind that almost half of discretionary is military spending, and much of the rest is things like veterans benefits.

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So it makes sence to go after that 3% in the gray, right? That's probably where the answer is...
 
Ramrouser said:
DOGE was necessary , in part, because Biden aggressively thrust DEI programs and positions in every sector of government. Drastic and swift action is required to undo that mess. Same with deportations. The mess was created by the prior administration, which required a drastic response.

Those are facts and not straw man arguments against Dems. Also, no other Democrat not named Clinton has ever showed an iota of interest in reducing government bureaucracy or the federal workforce. Government continues to grow and grow even though our population has leveled off.What
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What is it you dislike?
Diversity?
Equity?
Inclusion?

Which of those is bad to you?
 
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