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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For some reason I went down a rabbit hole of the r/Conservative reddit group. It was pretty eye opening and terrifying.  Regardless, if most conservatives feel the way those people do why don't we just get rid of the Federal government altogether and let people figure stuff out for themselves?  I swear 50% of the posts were about how we should fire 80% of the federal workforce and how lazy and inept the federal workers were.

So the idea is that we should put everything back to the states, remove the federal government and dissolve the "United States" is that what conservatives would prefer?  Because without the Federal government what is the point of being a united states of America? Just become individual states that govern themselves. [/quote]

Musk fired 80% of X staff.  It's now setting records for viewership and usage and better than ever.  Same could apply to the federal government. [/quote]

Tell you what. Let's apply that model to YOUR workplace (assuming you're not self-employed). Pretend 80 percent of your co-workers are fired and tell us how that will work. And while you're working on that hypothetical, figure out what would happen if YOU were fired. What makes YOU so essential to your employer?[/quote]

I don't work for the government, so I'm far more likely to be engaged in a productive activity.  As people keep saying, the shutdowns show how useless most of the government is.  I know it hurts the feelings of federal workers to be told their work is meaningless, but the truth hurts sometimes.

The truth is we got the low-hanging fruit years ago with cleaner air and water.  We simply need to go back to the 1970s standards and stop writing new ones that choke economic growth.  [/quote]

We never had a true shutdown.  People were still allowed to fly during the shutdown, because air traffic controllers and TSA were working without being paid.  True shutdowns would halt all air flights, for starters. There weren’t mass illnesses from poisoned food because inspections were still happening as govt workers were still working without being paid.  If you want a true shutdown, don’t be surprised when hundreds and thousands of people and businesses get pissed off when they cannot fly and their travel plans are ruined. [/quote]

Exactly when they shutdown - they should close EVERYTHING.  Then we'll see how people feel.[/quote]

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