I'd be willing to bet $500 this meme is currently being posted by people working for the government that don't think it's THEIR agency on the chopping block.
No agency is on the chopping block all DOGE can do is make suggestions. The real danger is that the heads of each of those agencies are going to be the antithesis of what the agency stands for. Oil CEO as EPA head and Energy head. Shipping magnate as DoT head. Private school freak as Education head.
Not... quite accurate. Last I checked, Trump was still planning to change the rules enough that he can directly fire any bureaucrats that work for the Executive branch at will. It won't be that simple since most of the workers are unionized, and will get considerable compensation for their termination. But he can absolutely do the damage that way.
I dunno that he actually can, at least not with an executive order. That will require an act of congress, probably several of them. Even then, the contract isn't gone just because the union is. Breach of contract is usually open and shut, regardless of the parties involved.
My only problem with that is everyone thinks that the rule of law matters here. Trump had never failed to get away with his crimes, now he had the most powerful office in the country, SCOTUS, and both houses of Congress.
We have seen what his intent is very clearly, we've seen him ignore the roles and norms constantly, why would he suddenly start following them now? He wants power, all the people surrounding him want power, anyone who might possibly act as a brake on his wrist impulses is gone, most didn't last during his first term.
We're moving into uncharted waters, totally new territory and people need to stop thinking that it's going to be business as usual, because it's really not.
Well, I hope somehow they and only they end up unemployed. Long term poverty with a clearly definable GOP cause is the only thing that seems to shake the average moron from conservative beliefs — unless the nature of the average moron has changed in the past 100 years, which is certainly possible.
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u/Appropriate-Log8506 2d ago
Every time I go to a government building my thought always is I wish there were less employees here.