• ehpolitical@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    What she actually said is, “…a real job that might pay you more”. So it was really a dig at the employer/not the employee… and she doesn’t seem to realize it (?).

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        10 days ago

        I can’t put my finger on it but something about these people look like they’re wearing human skin. What polluted swamp did they crawl out of?

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      10 days ago

      Why would a worker that is paid less be less important?

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        9 days ago

        Typically because it’d be a job that doesn’t have many skill or education/knowledge requirements compared to higher-paying jobs

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    9 days ago

    I’m a federal employee and have been for 25 years.

    Some years back my parents were visiting from Florida and asked to borrow a car (I had two), and I said sure. Then, later, I said something about how busy work had been, and my father starts laughing at how funny that is - and calls my older brother - so they can share a laugh about me “working hard”. Both lifelong Republicans, I will note.

    I was like, hey, did you want to borrow the car that my hard work paid for, or not?

    When I called them out on it, they said I was absolutely correct and apologized.

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      8 days ago

      When I called them out on it, they said I was absolutely correct and apologized.

      You see, this story I could believe until you said a republican actually conceded being wrong, I don’t know if I can believe that…

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    9 days ago

    The irony that a News Anchor is telling Federal Workers to get a “real job” when she could get one herself

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      9 days ago

      Bold to think they can read, and aren’t just ad-libbing whatever wet fart of a thought enters their head.

  • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml
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    10 days ago

    Every federal employee I know could easily triple their pay by going into private sector.

    I anticipate we’ll need to rehire them as contractors at triple the pay.

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      10 days ago

      AF vet here. Big govt personnel cutbacks followed by “Oh shit!” followed by hiring expensive contractors that do half the work is a tale as old as Uncle Sam.

      …that said, I dunno if there will be an “Oh shit” moment this time around: Trump is acting on malice, not stupidity. Weakening the US is his goal.

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        9 days ago

        It’s actually a very common right-wing idea to take anything publicly owned and turn it into a profit-driven private entity. Chances are, if they don’t own that entity, someone they know does. When the contract goes over budget, you know they’re enjoying the spoils.

        Even if it’s owned by nobody they know, at least it’s profit-driven enough to bribe politicians for better contracts.

    • Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      That’s the plan and one of Trump’s buddies will get their share for holding the company that organises it all.

      • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml
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        9 days ago

        I’ve gotten some confused looks when I tell people that what Trump is doing right now is exactly what Republicans do every time they’re in power. I think they thought I was defending Trump. No, I’m condemning Republicans. Every year they vote to remove my right to vote in DC and every year it’s just as fascist.

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        9 days ago

        Bingo! That’s exactly their plan. And somehow it’ll probably also have a cryptocurrency money laundering angle as well.

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      9 days ago

      Agreed. And it’ll be more than triple, since all the middle-men who arrange the new contracts will also need paid.

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      10 days ago

      The moon landing was fake. Unlike all the blonde hairs of the fox hosts. These are all totally naturally blonde and wavy.

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        10 days ago

        “Totally, tremendously real. Trust me, I know real. I can, 100%, totally confirm that her hair—like my tremendously great hair—is real. No doubts. Everyone else saying it’s fake—they’re fake. Fake news. Don’t believe what the Democrats are saying. It’s Hillary’s fault. With all this AI, nobody can tell. They think it’s fake. They think everything is fake. I’ll tell you. Her hair, my hair. It’s real. All real. True American hair. Didn’t even need a hair dresser. Just wake up with great hair. All day. Every day.”

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    9 days ago

    Funny how they’ll say this to federal workers, but they won’t say shit to the military who are living the socialist dream.

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      9 days ago

      Yeah, and if you ever ask a vet what they did, unless they’d been to literal war, they’re going to tell you that they were basically just put in charge of stocking a broom closet and were bored 95% of the time.

      Edit: just want to add that I do respect the military, and if anyone wants to tell me why I’m wrong, I’d love to hear lol

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        9 days ago

        My mom was a mechanic in the army and never got deployed. For her mandatory four years, she just fixed trucks in the day and got wasted with other mechanics at night. She says it was a job, not actual service. She doesn’t consider herself a veteran because she didn’t do jack shit.

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        9 days ago

        One of my call center buddies was in charge of receiving requests for freight transport and asking his NCO to approve them. His NCO say directly behind him. So he’d stare at a computer screen until a request came in, turn around, ask for approval which would be framed, then turn back around and click the approve button.