Five bullet point nonsense.

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

China, more than anyone else realizes the impact of air pollution.
They lead the world in Green Energy R&D

So that is why they are building coal plants at a rate faster than anyone else on earth! They are into electric cars for pollution, but only to be able to breathe.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The world is converting to Green Energy
Only MAGA chants…..Drill Baby, Drill

I know! Lots of stupid spending on unreliable, more expensive "green energy".

And all that expensive "progress" toward net zero is erased when China builds another couple of coal plants next month.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

China, more than anyone else realizes the impact of air pollution.
They lead the world in Green Energy R&D

Right. And they power it all with coal.

 

[BluesLegend]

We need more $1000 toilet seats!!

No we need more $10,000 HDMI cables. Not kidding, they spent $10,000 on HDMI cables that cost $20 at BestBuy.

 

[g5000]

I've always wondered what all of those millions of Federal workers do. And besides that, what's the fuss about a 5 bullet status report? I would have LOVED IT if that's all I had to do to report my weekly status throughout my career! Piece of cake, what a bunch of babies.

60 percent of federal employees work for the Department of Defense, Veteran Affairs, and Homeland Security.

Let's cut Homeland Security in half and leave the door wide open to terrorists and illegal aliens.

Let's cut our military down to the size of a cub scout troop.

And fuck veterans. According to Trump, they are losers.

 

[g5000]

Regardless of how well individual employees of a government agency perform, if the mission of the agency is a failure, their performance is meaningless.

Employee one: "I dug five big holes last week."
Employee two: "I filled in five big holes last week."
Employee three: "I planted grass on five filled in holes last week."

Employee one: "I arranged a public works contract to repair our infrastructure."

Employee two: "I inspected several ships bringing goods to America to make sure there were no nukes on board."

Employee three: "I processed thousands of Medicare payouts for elderly healthcare."

 

[konradv]

I know, right? How many government employees in liberal Maryland voted for Trump?

Plenty. Even if it was only 10%, that’s a lot.

 

[rightwinger]

So that is why they are building coal plants at a rate faster than anyone else on earth! They are into electric cars for pollution, but only to be able to breathe.

Coal is still the primary fuel China has access to.
But they realize the damage it is doing and is converting to solar/wind which now provides 35 percent of their power

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Coal is still the primary fuel China has access to.
But they realize the damage it is doing and is converting to solar/wind which now provides 35 percent of their power

Yet they continue to burn coal poisoning our air as well.

 

[tyroneweaver]

Regardless of how well individual employees of a government agency perform, if the mission of the agency is a failure, their performance is meaningless.

Employee one: "I dug five big holes last week."
Employee two: "I filled in five big holes last week."
Employee three: "I planted grass on five filled in holes last week."

well at least they weren't trying to get out of afghanistan

 

[Lisa558]

Plenty. Even if it was only 10%, that’s a lot.

Doubt it’s that much. And even so, Trump ran on rightsizing the government and eliminating waste, so…..no secrets.

 

[konradv]

Doubt it’s that much. And even so, Trump ran on rightsizing the government and eliminating waste, so…..no secrets.

Chainsaws are not the way to go.

Planes are falling out of the sky!

More true than, “They’re eating the pets.”

 

[Lisa558]

Chainsaws are not the way to go.

Planes are falling out of the sky!

More true than, “They’re eating the pets.”

Actually, I agree with you on that to some extent. A little too overambitious.

But the reasoning likely is that because the corruption and waste in government spending is so extreme, they don’t want to give the “workers” time to cover their tracks.

A better approach would have been to put all non-essential employees on 8 weeks administrative leave - no pay* - and route out all the waste. That would include all the wasteful contracts.

Then, bring back about half to do the work. The others would receive notice and perhaps 8 weeks severance.


*still better than a layoff in private, where you’re just pushed out permanently

 

[konradv]

Actually, I agree with you on that to some extent. A little too overambitious.

But the reasoning likely is that because the corruption and waste in government spending is so extreme, they don’t want to give the “workers” time to cover their tracks.

A better approach would have been to put all non-essential employees on 8 weeks administrative leave - no pay* - and route out all the waste. That would include all the wasteful contracts.

Then, bring back about half to do the work. The others would receive notice and perhaps 8 weeks severance.


*still better than a layoff in private, where you’re just pushed out permanently

You just don’t walk in and decide on the fly who’s non-essential. That leads to chaos, NOT efficiency,

 

[Lisa558]

You just don’t walk in and decide on the fly who’s non-essential. That leads to chaos, NOT efficiency,

We know who is: it’s declared every snow day when only essential workers are required to report. THOSE are the ones who get to stay - everyone else, out.

 

[Meathead]

Employee one: "I dug five big holes last week."
Employee two: "I filled in five big holes last week."
Employee three: "I planted grass on five filled in holes last week."

Yeah, that's government for ya.

 

[konradv]

We know who is: it’s declared every snow day when only essential workers are required to report. THOSE are the ones who get to stay - everyone else, out.

That’s ridiculous. There are all sorts of reasons why people cannot come in for one day, but their continued could absence would be debilitating.

 

[westwall]

Shouldn’t the mission be evaluated before everyone’s fired? Of course performance is going to be negative now, the deck’s stacked!

Non response IS an evaluation.

 

[Lisa558]

That’s ridiculous. There are all sorts of reasons why people cannot come in for one day, but their continued could absence would be debilitating.

Did you not hear what I said? The government ALREADY has a list of essential employees, and we have had weeks of government shutdowns where there was no impact. The essential employees handled what was necessary - which is why they were deemed essential employees in the first place.

 

[konradv]

Did you not hear what I said? The government ALREADY has a list of essential employees, and we have had weeks of government shutdowns where there was no impact. The essential employees handled what was necessary - which is why they were deemed essential employees in the first place.

You mentioned snow days. I see it as throwing out anything to see what sticks, i.e. more MAGA double talk