Those sliver-of-a-budget grunt workers do quite a bit of disbursements of US taxpayers money.
lesuorac 1 hours ago [-]
1) Firing people doesn't stop disbursement. Especially if they're something low-level like idk a security guard.
2) Disbursement is done because Congress told them to with a law. If you want less disbursement then repeal the law.
gscott 2 hours ago [-]
I just feel the cutting has to start someplace and with Trump not having to be elected again he has nothing to lose. I am sure a Democrat will win next term to try to right things. Trump is mart enough to see there is a problem but not smart enough to get in and fix it. It is like a farmer burning the fields for next season. Democrats will have a field to build back better on.
egberts1 2 hours ago [-]
Three decades to build back better.
How's that debt reduction working so far?
rubberpoliceman 13 hours ago [-]
They are not. In their defense, these people are imbeciles.
fallingfrog 5 hours ago [-]
It’s not about emptying them out so much as replacing them with loyalists.
13 hours ago [-]
thatguy0900 12 hours ago [-]
The people who voted for this to happen were told that the Cia and fbi are part of the "deep state" that stole the last election away from Trump and have been attempting to unjustly prosecute him for made up crimes
solumunus 11 hours ago [-]
The coup is well underway. Public reaction is not yet reflecting the gravity of the situation.
TrackerFF 8 hours ago [-]
The public is actively being distracted by big headlines regarding tariffs, what country / area Trump wants to take over, and stuff like that.
Are these people not concerned of the effects of emptying out CIA and FBI?
It's not even really close, 319 billion is ~1/6 of the deficit [2].
[1]: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-...
[2]: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107714
2) Disbursement is done because Congress told them to with a law. If you want less disbursement then repeal the law.
How's that debt reduction working so far?
* https://archive.is/MpHyC
2. Russia-Ukraine war
3. Endless fiscal support to Ukraine and Inflation
4. Fiscal crisis and Trump's 2rd term
5. Karma is a biatch