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State Department staff en masse leaving
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Good. Double good!
The so-called professional career State Department employees have become entrenched and need to go. Fresh blood at the top will open new channels of thinking, new methods will be found and folks will soon realize the idea of these people being indispensable will be dashed for good.
I hope Trump can find some non political people from outside the beltway to bring in and fix the disaster left by Obama appointees and think-a-likes.
The so-called professional career State Department employees have become entrenched and need to go. Fresh blood at the top will open new channels of thinking, new methods will be found and folks will soon realize the idea of these people being indispensable will be dashed for good.
I hope Trump can find some non political people from outside the beltway to bring in and fix the disaster left by Obama appointees and think-a-likes.
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Seems some hag and the same dolts that just resigned had a chance to up some security and chose not to so Americans died in Benghazi while Obama snoozed and Hillary did NOTHING.
Grab the guy in the mail room and make him the head honcho; it can't be any worse than what we had. There are hundreds of people that can fill these positions; the fiefdoms created by the quitters needs busted up.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html
Washington (CNN)Two senior administration officials said Thursday that the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to "clean house" at Foggy Bottom.
Patrick Kennedy, who served for nine years as the undersecretary for management, Assistant Secretaries for Administration and Consular Affairs Joyce Anne Barr and Michele Bond, and Ambassador Gentry Smith, director of the Office for Foreign Missions, were sent letters by the White House that their service was no longer required, the sources told CNN.
All four, career officers serving in positions appointed by the President, submitted letters of resignation per tradition at the beginning of a new administration.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Sam06, lemme know if DSS is emptying out too. I'll get my gear together!
I saw that and me thinks the surprise is the Trump administration accepted the resignations with a "thank you, have a nice life and a pat on the back, there's the door." [^][^][^][^][^]
Collective bargaining when it comes to government employment should be the decision of the voters, not Washington politicians.
The folks leaving are some of the 4,000 appointed federal jobs; their departure is normal when there is a change of administration. Yes, good riddance to parasites. But, the civil service employees aren't going anywhere. They are really needed, as they are the one who make any agency running, regardless of who is in charge.
Sadly, because of the Draft Dodger's short sighted outlook, the federal hiring freeze is going to result in higher attrition among the civil service, making it less likely that those remaining will be as effective.
Neal
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Don't get excited, Bruce.
The folks leaving are some of the 4,000 appointed federal jobs; their departure is normal when there is a change of administration. Yes, good riddance to parasites. But, the civil service employees aren't going anywhere. They are really needed, as they are the one who make any agency running, regardless of who is in charge.
Sadly, because of the Draft Dodger's short sighted outlook, the federal hiring freeze is going to result in higher attrition among the civil service, making it less likely that those remaining will be as effective.
Neal
Across the board, 85% of campaign contributions from federal government employees went to the Democrats. Garden Variety Public Employee Stooges.
If a bunch of them leave, somehow I am sure we will muddle through.
The IRS is a primary example of an agency needing a mass firing.
Best.
quote:Originally posted by chiefr
Need to bust up the federal and government unions. That would be the first step in cleaning up this mess. Once the unions are gone, the dead wood will no longer be protected or subsidized.
Collective bargaining when it comes to government employment should be the decision of the voters, not Washington politicians.
quote:Originally posted by nmyers
Don't get excited, Bruce.
The folks leaving are some of the 4,000 appointed federal jobs; their departure is normal when there is a change of administration. Yes, good riddance to parasites. But, the civil service employees aren't going anywhere. They are really needed, as they are the one who make any agency running, regardless of who is in charge.
Sadly, because of the Draft Dodger's short sighted outlook, the federal hiring freeze is going to result in higher attrition among the civil service, making it less likely that those remaining will be as effective.
Neal
I reality, with the hundreds of thousands of unreported, unemployed middle management folks who have taken it in the face for last eight years, I'm pretty certain that most of those 'civil service employees' could not only be replaced but the agencies would be better off with them leaving. No one is irreplaceable, it just might take some time to get them trained up and in line with the current administration.
The IRS is a primary example of an agency needing a mass firing.
Best.
After seeing several commercials on TV of someone saying "I owed $200,000 to the IRS but only had to give them $12,500 to settle because I used XYZ company". I want the guy or girl in the IRS that accepted that "deal" to get fired and jailed.
quote:Originally posted by nononsense
I reality, with the hundreds of thousands of unreported, unemployed middle management folks who have taken it in the face for last eight years, I'm pretty certain that most of those 'civil service employees' could not only be replaced but the agencies would be better off with them leaving. No one is irreplaceable, it just might take some time to get them trained up and in line with the current administration.
The IRS is a primary example of an agency needing a mass firing.
Best.
After seeing several commercials on TV of someone saying "I owed $200,000 to the IRS but only had to give them $12,500 to settle because I used XYZ company". I want the guy or girl in the IRS that accepted that "deal" to get fired and jailed.
WHY? You can not squeeze blood out of a turnip. Once people hit the bottom, their business gone, money gone and none left to pay taxes what good does it do to keep a boot on their necks?
People that evade taxes do not get a break, people that owe taxes can be, in certain circumstances forgiven part of the debt if the possibility of the government collecting it is slim.