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      Yep. I work in a government office and the contracting companies have been out in force recruiting. “Resign, we’ll hire you for six-figures. double dip pay till September” best part is, due to limited office space, all the contractors kept their telework status.

      It takes forever to hire people, even without the current freeze. That gap has always been filled with well paid contractors who trade long term job security for lucrative 4- year contracts.

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        I suspect this is the goal here. Cut goverents services, figure out which parts squeak, then hire contractors to do that work at massive profits while either receiving kickbacks or just winning through insider trading.

        Ultimately, it probably will lead to higher goverents costs.

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    Firing people responsible for nuclear weapons and now bird flu. That’s war and pestilence. Any more horsemen of the apocalypse we want to loose?

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        And if they gut medicaid, that’ll push pestilence even further and contribute to death as well. The situation in Ukraine contributes to war.

        I’ve never bought into the apocalypse stuff but it’s interesting how quickly and easily things line up.

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          It makes sense when people writing about it way back when knew what caused human suffering. Well, at least physical suffering, it’s not like we get a horseman for loneliness, hopelessness and all the other shit we’re also dealing with.

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    god it is going to take forever to rebuild the government, if we’re even given that opportunity. it’s going to be years of finding out just how terribly trump messed things up.