Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Trump's shutdown trap?

Via Gleason Long"Build the wall. Keep the govt shutdown for at least 35 days just to be sure RIF is instituted."

  
The structures were wired to make them unusable as we were leaving. Shredding machines had been going 24/7 since the first of April.

 Absolutely a RIF has been used many times before and how I eventually ended up at DAO instead of OICC.  I lost my job at OICC (South Vietnam Before 1975 Check out the last three pictures) only to be hired later by DAO.  All perfectly legal. 

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):
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4 comments:

  1. BillJanuary 16, 2019 at 6:57 PM

    Wouldn't this be wonderful? Let hope it happens biggly.

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  2. capt fastJanuary 17, 2019 at 2:10 AM

    the PLAN: why did the trumpster not present the wall PLAN before the new session of the house got underway? think it was not his call? would have looked bad for republicans in the house to not have a majority. now, it looks bad for the dems to deny that they have nothing to do with the shutdown.
    remember, ALL funding bills originate in the house. not the senate not POTUS, the house. they look bad. they will look worse in the two weeks to come. the house forgot they are dealing with a billionaire who made his fortune dealing with the scum of new york city. dems in the house are mere mice turds on the road of life.
    I hope the shutdown sticks for a bit. the non-essential government employees need to go get a job. I am saddened to see POTUS signed a law today for back pay for them. but that does fit dovetail with the rules for reduction in force according to civil service regulations. Unionize government work force? I think not...

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    1. Brock TownsendJanuary 17, 2019 at 2:14 AM

      I was in the Civil Service back when you actually had to take and pass an exam to be admitted. I like to say, just like fishing, 10% of the civil service do 90% of the work.

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