If you think these firings won‘t affect you, you haven‘t been paying attention.
A friend who was fired today from the Dept. of Energy worked on projects with money appropriated by Congress. Projects that create American jobs, strengthen our country by improving the nation's electric grid, & advance industrial technologies that reduce pollution & keep us competitive with manufacturing abroad.
And this is just 1 person, 1 story.
Leftcoastzen Thank you for posting. I have many friends in government positions, fine people all doing a great job . Everything is in chaos. 1d
AmyG Madness! 1d
lil1inblue I've lost all words. So I'll just send virtual love and solidarity. 1d
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Lesliereadsalot Somebody has to put a stop to this. We need heroes. 1d
Jas16 It is too much to grasp. (edited) 1d
Susanita I‘m so sorry about your friend. This demonization of government employees is disgusting. 1d
Suet624 And are they slashing unemployment too? Will thousands of unemployed individuals make America great? It‘s unbearable. 1d
Aims42 😢💔 I am so sorry about your friend. This current administration is going in with a machete when a scalpel is needed 1d
Amiable I read an article that speculated an economic theory behind Trump‘s firing spree: less employed people = less consumer demand. Less demand can cool down inflation. If that starts dropping because of all this unemployment, the Fed may lower interest rates to keep the economy from face-planting. And who loves low interest rates more than Trump loves golden toilets? His wealthy donors, who can borrow tons of cheap money. It‘s Machiavellian. (edited) 1d
ImperfectCJ Just sent a federal employee friend a supportive (I hope) message. This is a young person who didn't even know what a government shutdown was before I mentioned it to him. I feel for him with all of this wackiness. 1d
kspenmoll 😱😱😱 Thank you for your post. I take pics to send to friends. (edited) 1d
CoverToCoverGirl They are taking aim at us here in Canada and the rest of the world too. Watching the news is like watching a horror movie unfold. I‘m so sorry to see what‘s happening to my neighbours while also being concerned about my fellow Canadians. 😢 1d
julesG @CoverToCoverGirl Same here in Germany. It's a dystopian novel being written right in front of us. We have a general election coming up and the US VP is chumming up to the German right-wing party leaders. ??♀️??♀️??♀️ There's this German saying: "God(s) throw down some brains, or bricks, but make sure you hit your targets." 1d
Larkken Thank you for your post. I am so confused at how awry my life has gone that the whims of two billionaires can determine whether I will lose a job I worked hard for years to qualify for. 16h
wanderinglynn @lil1inblue thank you. 🤍 16h
wanderinglynn @Aims42 thank you. 🤍 And yes, that‘s exactly what‘s happening. 16h
wanderinglynn @ImperfectCJ so much confusion and chaos. Thank you – I‘m sure it helped. 🤍 16h
Aims42 @Amiable Ding, ding, ding winner, winner, chicken dinner to that speculation. It tracks (edited) 14h
Aims42 @Larkken Ugh, this sucks so much and shouldn‘t be a worry for anyone 😔💔 14h
CoverToCoverGirl @julesG I saw that “speech”. Despicable. Evil and intolerance has many faces, his is just one. We are facing an election here too and the opposition party is right wing, and using vicious rhetoric saying our country is broken and only they can save it. We are not broken, they have a self serving agenda. 6h
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