September 26, 2025
Government Shutdown Could Lead to Firings
Timothy Birdnow
As Tim Allen would grunt on his old Home Improvement show, ho, ho,hooo, hoooo, ho!
Government Shut Down Would Let the White House PERMANENTLY Fire Government Employees
What's chuckie gonna do? How's he gonna explain to the union folks that he cost them their jobs?
Tyrler Durden explains at Zerohedge:
But Trump is not bound by past precedent and he's serious about reducing the size and scope of government. Of course there will be hell to pay and tthe courts will certainly intervene, possibly leading all the way up to the Suprme Court, which may have to decide if the law making it difficult to fire employees with documentable cause.
The article continues:
Schumer is between a rock and a hard place, and he put himself there by threatening to go to the mat on this. Now he either enrages his lunatic fringe base or he enrages his labor base. Either way Trump has put him in a box.
What Schumer and the other old line Democrats don't understand is the old political tactics don't work on Trump because he doesn't play by the same rules as the GOP Establishment. Trump operates like a businessman, with clear goals and a pragmatic approach to how he governs. Republicans were always constrained with the "gentlemanly rules" accrued over two centuries. Trump won't do what Republicans have always done, which is to make a show of it and then cave in the end. Schumer has spent his life playing that charade, the puffery of the eternal opposition party collapsing when faced with political peril of any sort. Now he's up against a guy who could not be taken out by any sort of threat or even violence, and he's still trying to use the old playbook because he doesn't have a clue as to how to create a new, effective tactic.
Youu played hardball Chuck (and Hakeem) and you lost. Tip; never take your little league team up against the MLB champions.
As Tim Allen would grunt on his old Home Improvement show, ho, ho,hooo, hoooo, ho!
Government Shut Down Would Let the White House PERMANENTLY Fire Government Employees
What's chuckie gonna do? How's he gonna explain to the union folks that he cost them their jobs?
Tyrler Durden explains at Zerohedge:
White House Orders Agencies to Prepare Mass Layoff Plans in Event of Shutdown
The White House budget office has instructed federal agencies to prepare to fire a ton of people (aka ‘reduction-in-force’ plans) that could permanently eliminate jobs in the event of a government shutdown – the latest twist in the latest shutdown groundhog day – effectively challenging Democrats to a game of chicken.
In a memo shared with agencies Wednesday, the Office of Management and Budget said departments must identify programs where discretionary funding will lapse on Oct. 1 and no alternative source is available. Instead of a typical furlough, OMB has told agencies to get ready for permanent reductions – starting with positions that are out of alignment with President Donald Trump’s priorities.
In the past, affected employees were furloughed on a temporary basis and reinstated once Congress approved new spending. Not this time – as OMB Director Russ Vought is using the prospect of deep cuts as leverage against the Democrats.
The White House budget office has instructed federal agencies to prepare to fire a ton of people (aka ‘reduction-in-force’ plans) that could permanently eliminate jobs in the event of a government shutdown – the latest twist in the latest shutdown groundhog day – effectively challenging Democrats to a game of chicken.
In a memo shared with agencies Wednesday, the Office of Management and Budget said departments must identify programs where discretionary funding will lapse on Oct. 1 and no alternative source is available. Instead of a typical furlough, OMB has told agencies to get ready for permanent reductions – starting with positions that are out of alignment with President Donald Trump’s priorities.
In the past, affected employees were furloughed on a temporary basis and reinstated once Congress approved new spending. Not this time – as OMB Director Russ Vought is using the prospect of deep cuts as leverage against the Democrats.
But Trump is not bound by past precedent and he's serious about reducing the size and scope of government. Of course there will be hell to pay and tthe courts will certainly intervene, possibly leading all the way up to the Suprme Court, which may have to decide if the law making it difficult to fire employees with documentable cause.
The article continues:
In a memo shared with agencies Wednesday, the Office of Management and Budget said departments must identify programs where discretionary funding will lapse on Oct. 1 and no alternative source is available. Instead of a typical furlough, OMB has told agencies to get ready for permanent reductions – starting with positions that are out of alignment with President Donald Trump’s priorities.
In the past, affected employees were furloughed on a temporary basis and reinstated once Congress approved new spending. Not this time – as OMB Director Russ Vought is using the prospect of deep cuts as leverage against the Democrats.
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"Programs that did not benefit from an infusion of mandatory appropriations will bear the brunt of a shutdown,” reads the OMB memo – with agencies instructed to submit their proposed RIF plans and to issue notices to employees who might otherwise be excepted or furloughed during a lapse in funding, Politico reports.
Core services – including Social Security, Medicare, veterans benefits, military operations, law enforcement, immigration enforcement and air traffic control – would continue regardless of a shutdown, according to an OMB official familiar with the guidance.
At the heart of the deadlock, Democrats are demanding that any short-term spending measure include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are due to expire, as well as broader negotiations on domestic priorities. Republicans, by contrast, are pushing to advance a leaner stopgap bill already passed by the House that would fund the government through Nov. 21 while largely preserving Trump administration priorities and holding the line on additional healthcare spending.
The memo arrives days before the Sept. 30 deadline to avert a lapse in government funding. The House has passed a short-term measure to keep operations running through Nov. 21, but Senate Democrats have rejected the plan, insisting on negotiations over a broader bipartisan package that could extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
In the past, affected employees were furloughed on a temporary basis and reinstated once Congress approved new spending. Not this time – as OMB Director Russ Vought is using the prospect of deep cuts as leverage against the Democrats.
Finally, a Faith-Based, America-First Wealth Manager With No Allegiance to Wall Street, ESG, or DEI Agendas.
"Programs that did not benefit from an infusion of mandatory appropriations will bear the brunt of a shutdown,” reads the OMB memo – with agencies instructed to submit their proposed RIF plans and to issue notices to employees who might otherwise be excepted or furloughed during a lapse in funding, Politico reports.
Core services – including Social Security, Medicare, veterans benefits, military operations, law enforcement, immigration enforcement and air traffic control – would continue regardless of a shutdown, according to an OMB official familiar with the guidance.
At the heart of the deadlock, Democrats are demanding that any short-term spending measure include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are due to expire, as well as broader negotiations on domestic priorities. Republicans, by contrast, are pushing to advance a leaner stopgap bill already passed by the House that would fund the government through Nov. 21 while largely preserving Trump administration priorities and holding the line on additional healthcare spending.
The memo arrives days before the Sept. 30 deadline to avert a lapse in government funding. The House has passed a short-term measure to keep operations running through Nov. 21, but Senate Democrats have rejected the plan, insisting on negotiations over a broader bipartisan package that could extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Schumer is between a rock and a hard place, and he put himself there by threatening to go to the mat on this. Now he either enrages his lunatic fringe base or he enrages his labor base. Either way Trump has put him in a box.
What Schumer and the other old line Democrats don't understand is the old political tactics don't work on Trump because he doesn't play by the same rules as the GOP Establishment. Trump operates like a businessman, with clear goals and a pragmatic approach to how he governs. Republicans were always constrained with the "gentlemanly rules" accrued over two centuries. Trump won't do what Republicans have always done, which is to make a show of it and then cave in the end. Schumer has spent his life playing that charade, the puffery of the eternal opposition party collapsing when faced with political peril of any sort. Now he's up against a guy who could not be taken out by any sort of threat or even violence, and he's still trying to use the old playbook because he doesn't have a clue as to how to create a new, effective tactic.
Youu played hardball Chuck (and Hakeem) and you lost. Tip; never take your little league team up against the MLB champions.
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My standard response to all the hue and cry about "government shutdown" is "so what's the problem?" Citizens should welcome the shutdown because that would mean it gets the gummint's sticky hands out of our pockets, at least for awhile.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 27, 2025 12:16 AM (gqxru)
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Agreed! But the media always lies to the public, making people think "essential services" will go down so planes will crash, fires will burn without being extinguished, cars will crash, cats and dogs will live together, etc. Oh, and the social security checks won't come.
None of that is true of course but that's what they make people believe.
None of that is true of course but that's what they make people believe.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at September 27, 2025 06:38 AM (l2+Yb)
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Let's see: More planes than usual have been crashing lately... Check. A number of fires have been burning unchecked (although some of those whose smoke I smelled most of the summer WERE in Canada)... Check.
As far as cars crashing and cats and dogs cohabiting, I'm not sure the gummint has been doing much about that anyhow.
As far as cars crashing and cats and dogs cohabiting, I'm not sure the gummint has been doing much about that anyhow.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 27, 2025 11:11 PM (gqxru)
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