How is this not a major political scandal already? Hello, Democrats?
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I've been seeing a lot of articles by The Usual Suspects where they exclaim that (a) Trump broke the law when he fired all those agency Inspectors General, and (b) He's going to get away with it.
Well, (b) does not necessarily - or even usually - follow (a). If he indeed broke the law, then one or more of those fukkers will sue to get its job back, and if their cause is righteous, they will get some sort of recompense, if not get their jobs back. That's the way it works.
It is not unusual to fire someone, knowing that it violates a contract, regulation, or law, and just being prepared to accept the consequences, which are usually the payment of a tolerable amount of money.
I personally wouldn't fear that Trump will get away with it, but I suspect that his minions did sufficient research to conclude that either he CAN get away with it, or the penalty for these wrongful terminations will be tolerable.
Those of us in the private sector, and especially those who work in Journalism, live in constant awareness, if not fear, that our jobs could be taken from us at any moment. There are mergers, reorganizations, cutbacks, and ass-hole bosses all over the place and it is a rare bird indeed who can go through a whole private-sector career without once being terminated for reasons not his fault. Why do they fret and clutch at their figurative pearls when someone in the public sector loses his job? It's really no big deal. I assure you, with the mountain of worthless, bullshit jobs available within the Washington Beltway, they will all land on their feet, so to speak.
