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Tha GOP always says government should run like a business. No business would give a vendor access to cut checks.
Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.
February 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Not understanding basic economics while running a government...
If you offer an across-the-board buyout to 2 million people, the best have outside options and will take it; the worst have none and will stay.

Either (1) Elon Musk is an idiot, and he doesn't understand adverse selection or worse yet (2) he isn't, he does, and he wants the best gone.

Gift link:
Trump Administration Offers 2 Million Federal Workers Payouts to Resign (Gift Article)
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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If you're wondering where this "Sin of Empathy" stuff comes from, it comes from Joe Rigney and his 2019 book and his preaching leading to that point. It is published by Canon Press, the propaganda outlet of paleoconfederate separatist Douglas Wilson.

Pic related for Rigney. 1/8
January 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
$25,561.50 in health insurance costs in 2024, and I found better prices on prescriptions and care by eschewing my plan rates and shopping on my own.

This system does not work.
January 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM