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So much waste and inefficiency. Fire his ass

They could save billions if they cut government contracts to musty elonia, this isn't actually about saving money though is it

Federal employees pay the same premiums as the rest of America. Boomer Ron where are you getting your information? I’ve worked federal and private. My private benefits were much better and the health insurance was better for less premiums.

I am a retired federal worker and worked at a VA Medical Center for 35 years. Our health insurance was definitely not free. Insurance payments were taken directly from our paychecks.

Unfortunately, good old common sense and practical values have no place within the orange felon’s control of our government

If that actually happened I would definitely be playing the lottery the next day.

How about no $4.5T tax cut?

There was a time when it was okay to disagree respectfully & still have things done. What we have now is a cult with an illusion that it is okay to act/live out their darkest thoughts without any restraints or consequences. They literally believe they are fighting a war & they are on the good side.

Agreed. Not sure how to do this. I’ve been contacting my congressman, NY#1, two times a week and can’t get a response. He also has no town halls scheduled “at this time”

And did you all know that Elon Musk paid 0 (ZERO) taxes in 2018? In other years his tax burden was less that $100,000. WHY does Elon Musk need tax relief? He's stealing everything he needs right now and he's not employing anyone new except Mr. "Big Balls" and his gang.

Agreed

Your class in 2010 started this bullshit. All because a black man was elected.

That's not how pyramid schemes work.

Should being the important word there

Senator Cornyn, TX, has EIGHT staffed offices. Cruz has 7. Cut that waste.

That is their goal, isn't it? To cut it by 100% and distribute the powers to "a few enlightened individuals"

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So your answer to cruelty is to spread it around? Hard to take the GOP out of ya, huh?

Given what I see Senators and Congressmen actually doing right now, there are 535 people with staffs that should all be “working” for no pay.

You elected him yiu supported him and the gop created him... so fuck you and the rest of the GQP

The entire Tea Party movement was a racist fraud funded by the greedy, selfish rich, but, however bad it was, Trump's fascism is far worse.

tie representative pay increases to the minimum wage, you guys never seem to have a problem giving yourself a fucking raise do you?

Make them answer? No. They'd rather go on TV and in the place of actual answers, they look like the fools they are by stumbling and stuttering weak AF justifications for Felon 47 and co-prez Elmo's actions.

Sounds logical!

Federal employees need to mobilize and strike. Walk off. Paralyze the country until they stop. Ask the French. It works.

I had a minor stroke trying to read that. Your composition and proofreading is shit.

This is a great suggestion!

Cite yer sources pardner

Just remember everything they AREN'T doing to help you and family. #midtermsarecoming

Reason I left the party in 2004 was the lies of WMDs for profiteering especially then of VP Cheney and no bid Halliburton contracts while targeting social programs. The GOP is can’t change its stripes just darkened them to MAGA. Elon wants spaceX to run the FAA ie no bid contract. For individual $$$

I don't really support cutting jobs, but, yes on the budget. And a nice salary cut to match the wages of other federal workers (prior to the mass firings) is a giant yes

Follow the Clinton/Gingrich example. Reduce all departments and agencies by 7-10%. Let the department and agency heads decide what to cut.

Sounds perfectly reasonable but my guess is when hell freezes over

www.labor4highered.org

DOGE is again illegally breaking into Social Security bsky.app/profile/sham...

They have a lot to answer for. Where the hell are they. Hiding behind desks. My guess it’s up the the women yet again.

They wanted to cut social security, Medicaid, and Medicare. They knew they couldn’t get it passed and now they’re letting a bunch of illegal morons take it from us. 😡🤬

Excellent plan !

I remember when SC Congressman (later governor) Mark Sanford slept on a futon in his office while in DC to save $ so yeah

And when you do fire them, tell via a letter or email, and express that the reason for firing is due to poor performance.

How bout they just deliver a balanced budget?

It's clearly only for cash cowing us.

If Trumputin negotiates an end to Russia’s war, it will be at Ukraine’s expense. Russia will claim it won that war, and the world will forever know that it was not because of Russia’s power or genius, but because they fooled Trump into changing sides. The USA will forever be a foolish country.

The thing is that this Republican Congress has completely rolled over and given over all their powers to Donald Trump and unelected Elon Musk, crowning him as America's King. Slash and burn is his only goal,no matter the consequences. As long as the wealthy get their tax cuts and deregulation.

cricket cricket cricket

But that would also mean getting rid of a convicted felon and adjudicated sexual rapist sociopath 🤡 and his inexperienced and unqualified cohorts on the basis of waste, incompetence and stupidity! Oh if only!

This has nothing to do with cutting waste and everything to do with dismantling the government and consolidating power.

$757B in subsidies for oil and gas in 2022.

I think i see what he is doing. He wants to say he cut all these trillions of dollars so he can change the debt ceiling. He had to do it quickly so that when they have to vote in March for the budget, he can do it.

JD Vance thinks that America needs a dictator or as his buddy Curtis yarvin calls it a national CEO. This has been the stated goals from people like Kurtis yarvin since 2012. youtu.be/VeVhHNSe9Ks?...

Congress isn't cutting anything. MUSK is! Totally illegal, unauthorized and unconstitutional.

Can we PLEASE STOP referring to DOGE as cost cutting?! Slashing jobs so President Musk can fill them with HIS private companies employees, silencing Inspector Generals, helping China take our place with USAID, using coders INTEAD of accountants, STEALING private info, has NOTHING to do with waste!

Better yet, make it voluntary and see who accepts?

No. For each employee Congress sheds, 4 lobbyists will come to replace their information-gathering job. I do NOT want elected officials to be 98% dependent on corporations and interest groups for information. Bad idea: It's like counteracting arsonists by burning the place down before they arrive.

You were a part of the Tea Party?

Cut 47’s golf and travel budget, problem solved.

I'm not sure i fully understand your point. Yes, I think we all agree that there is waste. However, if you think taking 20% from each agency is fair, you will cause some to fail completely while barely affecting others. It's as if you're punishing the ones with the least waste.

Hurt them where they care. Please share

And publish all of their private data!

And gods I could go on and on about Republicans only having a small handful of staffers while Dems are forced to spread the $$ across experts. Cause they are interested in doing NOTHING. My point being Kinzinger’s proposal about cutting staff won’t impact the right groups

Every office gets the same budget (in the House at least). Insisting on cuts just means Dems will have to cut people. This is not a good proposal

it holds up a mirror to their abject hypocrisy

It is calling their bluff.

What do you mean by eroding functionality? thx

Great idea. Thank you.

#ArrestThem

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Yeah That will never happen

No, no, Adam, it's MUCH, MUCH more important to spend whatever it takes to prevent a dozen or so trans athletes from participating in women's sports. WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, MAN???

This Congress will be even more ineffective than the last. Time to Sue Mike Johnson for failure to do due diligence.

👏 and may I suggest this tshirt?

100%

I believe it was 15 million per event, but I might be wrong.

I like this but we would lose people like Bernie. Some people are pissed about the RFK Jr thing. But he helped younger generations to want to get involved. Cognitive tests every year would work for me. ✌🏻❤️‍🩹

Yes, pelosi needs reeducation

Losing much might help

Does it have a budget? Has DOGGE been authorized by Congress to do anything? Congress has a committee that looks for waste and fraud. Seems like DOGGE is redundant and is actually a waste and a fraud.

The GOP members of Congress should cut their salaries 90%. Lucky they get to retain 10% since they have clearly forgotten how to do their jobs 100%

I like this idea

They absolutely will do nothing now as they serve Trump. They have diminished their own worth to administrative.

You’re assuming the current Congress has guts. They do not. Including the dems wringing their hands and fundraising.

Reminiscing on the good old days doesn’t elevate the nightmare we are living today

If any accusations are verified as fraud, the Congress oversight representatives need to answer for the fraud, they let it happen, not the Federal employees.

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If NASA can handle a random cut, then so can Congress. They don't appear to be doing their jobs, so cut the waste and fraud of the useless maga Congress.. 50% sounds reasonable for a bunch of frauds & wastes.

First stop calling them GOP They are Not the Grand Old Party They are FASCISTS They Do Not Debate to Govern They Follow & Capitulate to Rule Second, Get the Fuck on Board #Resist

Instead they cut the Veteran Crisis Line. This is going to get very bloody, very quickly

Let Congress do something unheard of in our country - lead by example

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How to cut costs in CONGRESS? A Means test. If your CURRENT income outside of Congress is above a certain $$ amount you don’t get the Salary nor the HealthCare nor the Pension So yes, Rich $$ lobbyists will stay but we will use ANOTHER means to weed you out too

you've got that right, but they won't. They're too scared to come out from under their rocks.

Here is the thing you never have accepted. In 2010 even in 1979. Republicans never cared about debt or spending. The motivation in 2010 like it was in the 90s was to reduce democratic spending specifically. Every republican president for a century has increased spending, deficit, and debt.

Especially the magats that just rubber stamp everything with yes of course can I kiss your ass better sir…🤮🤮🤢🤢🤮

I’d like to see the current crop of maga congressmen defunded. They are too useless weak and spineless to stand up for democracy. Why should they be paid???

America is screwed, for the next 50 to 100 years unless Americans wake up now and remove the corruption

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Seeing as congress ain’t doing much anything these days they should see their budget and pay cut much more than 20%

James Tate @JamesTate121 · Feb 16 He got away with murder staging his own assassination. He gets aways with everything and I am sick and tired of it. And the people that know like Putin and Elon can blackmail him with this knowledge.🤬

My guess is that they are collapsing the entire country so they can reap the rewards. I wonder if they have figured out how and where they will live, because when they fall, their new homes could be a measly 10’ x 10’.

Oh Adam, soon, what within maybe 6 months, talk about US Congress and its activity will be forgotten. Simply because there will be no US Congress. Your US will be in the grip of war. A Physical war, either civil or a war against former allies who will likely give up the ship. There is a remedy ...

Actually they should allow George Soros to come in and tell them who they have to lay off.

They really should considering that this Congress isn’t even working on anything. They are mostly collecting a paycheck while the orange felon rules by executive orders.

cc: @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov

That's why you never trust a Republican. We were in an economic crash in 2010. That's why we cut. We aren't now. And that's not how you go about making government more efficient anyway. PLUS you're just saying they're right with your argument because you don't believe in govt in the first place.

I read some in office have 12-18 employees. Is that true? What does that many aides do?

They shouldn’t get to do it for themselves- they should have to stand by while a Musk minion comes in and decides for them! They also should have their health benefits and retirement benefits slashed by Musk and Trump as waste.

YES. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO ALTER THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS ILLEGAL COUP. MARCH INTHE STREETS, MAKE AND CARRY SIGNS OBJECTING!!!!!!! WE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN DJT, MUSK AND THE REPUB PARTY. COME TOGETHER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL TAKE!! BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING!!