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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:30:43 -0700
From: Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Bummer: 21 DOGE staffers resign
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:39:58 -0600
JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

> 21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public
> services
> 
> A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk's
> Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Tuesday, writing in a
> joint letter posted publicly that they refuse to use their skills to
> put Americans' data at risk and "dismantle critical public services."
> 
> https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308095/doge-staff-resignations-elon-musk
> 

Wonder which jobs they consider critical?

I didn't vote for team Trump, and don't like Trump or NaziMusk at all,
but even I can see the government has got a lot of slackers on the
payroll. I know several personally, and they - my friends - don't
contribute much to society while enjoying impressive benefits.

I'm curious to see where slimming the government down gets us.  I'm
sorry about the ham-fisted way they're doing it, but I'm not totally
opposed to what's happening.

Scary thought, eh?