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Title: Trump’s shutdown trap?
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URL Source: https://www.americanthinker.com/blo ... 9/01/trumps_shutdown_trap.html
Published: Jan 15, 2019
Author: Thomas Lifson
Post Date: 2019-01-15 09:27:53 by A K A Stone
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Views: 1077
Comments: 5
Has President Trump suckered Democrats and the Deep State into a trap that will enable a radical downsizing of the federal bureaucracy? In only 5 more days of the already-“longest government shutdown in history” (25 days and counting, as of today), a heretofore obscure threshold will be reached, enabling permanent layoffs of bureaucrats furloughed 30 days or more. Don’t believe me that federal bureaucrats can be laid off? Well, in bureaucratese, a layoff is called a RIF – a Reduction in Force, and of course, it comes with a slew of civil service protections. But, if the guidelines are followed, bureaucrats can be laid off -- as in no more job. It is all explained by Michael Roberts here (updated after the beginning of the partial shutdown): A reduction in force is a thoughtful and systematic elimination of positions. For all practical purposes, a government RIF is the same thing as a layoff. (snip) Organizations must stick to predetermined criteria when sorting out what happens to each employee. They must communicate with employees how and why decisions are made. (snip) In deciding who stays and who goes, federal agencies must take four factors into account: Read more: www.americanthinker.com/b..._shutdown_trap.html#ixzz5 cgcTPVda
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Good question. Will this be completed like " LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP ? "
Aw, come on now. Don't you know that King Donald is just playing 3-D chess? He's gonna get to that in his 3rd term - or so the cultists here would have you believe.
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#3. To: Stoner (#1)
Will this be completed like " LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP ? "
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