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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from VA

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Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from VA

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Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
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    He loves the troops!

  • MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip
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    What is more dangerous, a Luigui or a Veteran Luigui?

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      I can’t remember any recent veteran public murder/suicides that involved taking out baddies. For some reason my brain went right to the DC snipers, but again, no baddies

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        Another possibility is that the relatives of the affected veterans become Luigui

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        Couple postal shooters in Fort Hood Killeen in last decades. Before I moved there, someone shot up a Lubys restaurant, when I moved away some soldiers went nuts and shot up the base, two different instances of I remember correctly.

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      It depends on whether veteran Luigui is old or something is.

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    Or he could tax billionaires a little. This is a choice between veterans and billionaires. The billionaires will still be billionaires either way.

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      It is worse than not making billionaires pay more. He is firing all these people as a pretext to giving billionaires more tax breaks because the government is more ‘efficient’.

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        Loyal service to retire, poof, gone. What the hell are these guys supposed to do at 50?

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      This has nothing to do with the federal budget. Congress already appropriated the money, this is just straight up evil.

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    First Trump would criticize second Trump for treating veterans so poorly.

    https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/veterans/

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    The VA is already understaffed, how is making them more understaffed going to make them more efficient?

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      There will be more predictable and consistent outcomes than any other presidency!

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    Eggs are gonna be $1/dozen!!

    75d chess here, people!

    do I need the /s?

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    Fucking LOL. “Loves the troops”.

    But also, none of his supporters give a shit. He openly derides injured/captured/killed soldiers and veterans, but clearly that’s all “fake news”.

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    Just hang around. After the headlines have propogated and the backlash happens, Musk will ask 60,000 of them to come back to their post.

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    Least one would expect from a draft dodger.

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    Insanity

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    This will go over well. Take that veterans, what did you ever do for your country anyway!

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