i saw an indy article yesterday implying the federal employee union and general community had signaled a lack of support for re-opening the federal government “at any cost”, meaning an even broader agreement to slash government.
it basically made the case that the federal government has already been gutted by the administration policies taking a blind hatchet to everything, creating this miasma of uncertainty and difficiency before the shutdown. so like, there’s a aense that political leadership should go ahead and choke on this, with what remains of the federal workforce going on unemployment benefits, no longer putting in the effort to keep everything from grinding to a halt.
i kinda get it, honestly. the frustration and anxiety has been building since DOGE bullshit and the buyouts. my federal counterparts have all had this look on their faces when trying to create expectations and give assurances when they have none.
the shutdown is the dumpster fire at the end of the tunnel that this freight train of bullshit is colliding with.
i am curious to see if these people so eager to shutter the administrative state have the competency to keep the parts of it they don’t want to lose from stalling.
i saw an indy article yesterday implying the federal employee union and general community had signaled a lack of support for re-opening the federal government “at any cost”, meaning an even broader agreement to slash government.
it basically made the case that the federal government has already been gutted by the administration policies taking a blind hatchet to everything, creating this miasma of uncertainty and difficiency before the shutdown. so like, there’s a aense that political leadership should go ahead and choke on this, with what remains of the federal workforce going on unemployment benefits, no longer putting in the effort to keep everything from grinding to a halt.
i kinda get it, honestly. the frustration and anxiety has been building since DOGE bullshit and the buyouts. my federal counterparts have all had this look on their faces when trying to create expectations and give assurances when they have none.
the shutdown is the dumpster fire at the end of the tunnel that this freight train of bullshit is colliding with.
i am curious to see if these people so eager to shutter the administrative state have the competency to keep the parts of it they don’t want to lose from stalling.
Oh yeah, I imagine morale is at all time low and people might just be saying fuck it at this point.