A bloated Federal Government? In 1945 there were 3.1 million federal employees nation-wide serving a population of 140 million. Today, 80 years later there are the same number of federal employees serving a nation of 345 million people. I say before we destroy the Federal government we first fire Elon Musk. He serves no one but himself.
We had a swelling of employees in 1945 through the new deal. It would be interesting to see a graph if that went down and then back up over the 80 years.
Federal employment in 1970 was 2.9 million. In 1990 it was 3.1 million. Today it is 3.0 million. Ever more bloated? Any government or institution can improve efficiencies. The DOGE is not doing it legally or constitutionally. Summarily firing tens of thousands of employees in good standing for cause is not smart and does not create efficiencies. Musk is an accomplished design engineer. I have had a Tesla for 5 years and I love it. But he is not a good manager of people or companies. He got fired as CEO from PalPay, Twitter is now worth a quarter of what he paid for it, and Tesla's board is selling shares. Sad. You want efficiencies in government? Don't send Musk and DOGE.
The main reason is he has a group of hackers milling around in our government making life or death decisions for folks lives. He is a admitted ketamine abuser who lacks the capacity to comprehend wtf he is doing…
I have asked my GOP Rep why, if there is truly massive fraud and waste, we fired Inspector Generals and installed young coders and hackers(unknowledgeable about COBOL) who bypassed security protocols,accessed our personal data and installed code. I asked why we didn’t bring in forensic accountants and prosecutors. No Response.
I also told my GOP Rep I was concerned about disruption of services including for SS, Medicare. DOGE is closing 1 of 2 SS offices in my county of 670,000. Grateful Jess shared today:⬇️
“After a massive backlash, DOGE scrapped plans to cut phone service at the Social Security Administration.”
I also question why we are firing IRS agents:⬇️
“Agency officials said since the program’s launch, almost 80 percent of the 1,600 millionaires targeted by the IRS for failing to pay a delinquent tax debt have now made a payment, leading to over $1.1 billion recovered. And in the first six months of a new February 2024 initiative, the IRS collected $172 million from 21,000 wealthy taxpayers who have not filed tax returns since 2017.”
On a positive note…many protests here on the Space Coast 🚀 of Florida ! Tesla Takedown # 2 yesterday.While stopped at a light a passenger remarked …”Elon likes SS”….Uhm…You mean the one he calls an entitlement and Ponzi scheme?
Special shout-out to Gen Z, Brevard County native who founded electric car co. Rivian !
A recent executive order calls for eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency that funds libraries nationwide. Libraries translate IMLS funding, a microscopic portion of the federal budget, into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Without IMLS, resources and programs we love are at risk. https://ilovelibraries.org/article/trump-administration-calls-for-elimination-of-federal-funding-for-libraries/
I work in a state library agency. These are the agencies that receive Grants-to-States funding from IMLS to administer statewide services and sub-grants to local libraries. Most state libraries are partially funded by these funds, and gutting IMLS puts the operations and services of those agencies at risk. Please speak out and let your Congressional delegation know that you expect them to protect IMLS. Thank you.
Thank you so much. It was the first thing I saw on my feed this morning and as a former public school, teacher and college writing professor, I became physically ill.
I was at the Chuck Edwards event in Asheville, with the two to three thousand outside who couldn't get in. I was energized by the great turnout and sense of purpose to resist the coup.
The country wont do it. Vice President maybe but not president. Too many will think that Chase will essentially be one big Queer Eye For The Straight guy show. The Republicans will push images of drag queens romping through the White House. Even being a white man will only get Pete so far, and it won’t get him as far as president.
I'm afraid you are correct! (Wouldn't it be nice if the Dems learned how to get "in front of the fight" instead of "ignoring it and hoping it will go away" mindset????)
I wouldn't be so sure. He's one of he few folks on the left a lot of Republicans actually like--he's done military service and he speaks convincingly. He might surprise you.
My friends. On an uplifting note, please watch this video of Rachel Maddow reporting on an effort in Haddon township NJ to free a legal immigrant, Turkish mom from ICE. My sister in law, Lori Leonard, CEO of Habitat for Humanity in southern NJ, began this effort with 1 small GO FUND ME. This will make you cry and feel hopeful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RZnT5_E6eU (it's 3/14 Rachel Maddow Friday evening).
A bloated Federal Government? In 1945 there were 3.1 million federal employees nation-wide serving a population of 140 million. Today, 80 years later there are the same number of federal employees serving a nation of 345 million people. I say before we destroy the Federal government we first fire Elon Musk. He serves no one but himself.
We had a swelling of employees in 1945 through the new deal. It would be interesting to see a graph if that went down and then back up over the 80 years.
Federal employment in 1970 was 2.9 million. In 1990 it was 3.1 million. Today it is 3.0 million. Ever more bloated? Any government or institution can improve efficiencies. The DOGE is not doing it legally or constitutionally. Summarily firing tens of thousands of employees in good standing for cause is not smart and does not create efficiencies. Musk is an accomplished design engineer. I have had a Tesla for 5 years and I love it. But he is not a good manager of people or companies. He got fired as CEO from PalPay, Twitter is now worth a quarter of what he paid for it, and Tesla's board is selling shares. Sad. You want efficiencies in government? Don't send Musk and DOGE.
The main reason is he has a group of hackers milling around in our government making life or death decisions for folks lives. He is a admitted ketamine abuser who lacks the capacity to comprehend wtf he is doing…
This ⬆️
I have asked my GOP Rep why, if there is truly massive fraud and waste, we fired Inspector Generals and installed young coders and hackers(unknowledgeable about COBOL) who bypassed security protocols,accessed our personal data and installed code. I asked why we didn’t bring in forensic accountants and prosecutors. No Response.
I also told my GOP Rep I was concerned about disruption of services including for SS, Medicare. DOGE is closing 1 of 2 SS offices in my county of 670,000. Grateful Jess shared today:⬇️
“After a massive backlash, DOGE scrapped plans to cut phone service at the Social Security Administration.”
I also question why we are firing IRS agents:⬇️
“Agency officials said since the program’s launch, almost 80 percent of the 1,600 millionaires targeted by the IRS for failing to pay a delinquent tax debt have now made a payment, leading to over $1.1 billion recovered. And in the first six months of a new February 2024 initiative, the IRS collected $172 million from 21,000 wealthy taxpayers who have not filed tax returns since 2017.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/watch-irs-has-recovered-1-3-billion-in-unpaid-taxes-from-wealthy-tax-dodgers-yellen-says
On a positive note…many protests here on the Space Coast 🚀 of Florida ! Tesla Takedown # 2 yesterday.While stopped at a light a passenger remarked …”Elon likes SS”….Uhm…You mean the one he calls an entitlement and Ponzi scheme?
Special shout-out to Gen Z, Brevard County native who founded electric car co. Rivian !
Would y’all please just stop with the TDS nonsense. There are real reasons why liberals and conservatives alike dislike Musk.
A recent executive order calls for eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency that funds libraries nationwide. Libraries translate IMLS funding, a microscopic portion of the federal budget, into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Without IMLS, resources and programs we love are at risk. https://ilovelibraries.org/article/trump-administration-calls-for-elimination-of-federal-funding-for-libraries/
#FundLibraries
I work in a state library agency. These are the agencies that receive Grants-to-States funding from IMLS to administer statewide services and sub-grants to local libraries. Most state libraries are partially funded by these funds, and gutting IMLS puts the operations and services of those agencies at risk. Please speak out and let your Congressional delegation know that you expect them to protect IMLS. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this. I had no idea. I’m going to share this widely.
Thank you so much. It was the first thing I saw on my feed this morning and as a former public school, teacher and college writing professor, I became physically ill.
Me too! And make another donation to my local library's Friend of Library foundation.
Retired college librarian and ALA member. Thank you for link👍
Thanks Erin, I've been worried about libraries getting hit but had not heard anything. I will speak to my reps about my concerns. I love my library.
Beautiful as always, Jessica. Now. You go take a much-deserved birthday break. Give your body, and your mind, some time to breathe.
I was at the Chuck Edwards event in Asheville, with the two to three thousand outside who couldn't get in. I was energized by the great turnout and sense of purpose to resist the coup.
How many inside? And is there a site where crowd counts are being collected?
The auditorium had a capacity of 360. I don't know about a crowd count site.
Wonderful, Mary!! So proud of the Asheville residents!
On Buttigieg running for president, from your mouth to the Universe’s ears.
The country wont do it. Vice President maybe but not president. Too many will think that Chase will essentially be one big Queer Eye For The Straight guy show. The Republicans will push images of drag queens romping through the White House. Even being a white man will only get Pete so far, and it won’t get him as far as president.
I'm afraid you are correct! (Wouldn't it be nice if the Dems learned how to get "in front of the fight" instead of "ignoring it and hoping it will go away" mindset????)
I'm feeding talking points to US Rep Raskin through a lawyer that work for him...please DM, etc
Do you know anyone to join our Focus Group on reversing science denial with our continued legal successes?
What does that entail?
zoom...y/no Q&A,etc
I wouldn't be so sure. He's one of he few folks on the left a lot of Republicans actually like--he's done military service and he speaks convincingly. He might surprise you.
I LOVE getting all this GOOD and reassuring news!!! We get enough of the bad stuff from everywhere. I needed this. Thanks❤️
Went to my first protest yesterday!
Well done you!! 💜
My friends. On an uplifting note, please watch this video of Rachel Maddow reporting on an effort in Haddon township NJ to free a legal immigrant, Turkish mom from ICE. My sister in law, Lori Leonard, CEO of Habitat for Humanity in southern NJ, began this effort with 1 small GO FUND ME. This will make you cry and feel hopeful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RZnT5_E6eU (it's 3/14 Rachel Maddow Friday evening).
Visibility Brigades , making this Jersey Girl proud!
Thank you for all you do and Happy Birthday 🎁🎂🎈🎊🎉!!!!
Happy birthday, Jessica! And thank you for your fierce devotion to the common good.
Here is the most comprehensive list of rallies and protests I have seen thus far. There are far more than 3 in NC this week, but still wow:
https://theblop.org/
I used Xcancel to get a link to video of Vance being booed (Jay Kuo uses Xcancel for his reading who don't want to go to Twitter because of Elon): https://xcancel.com/Andrew__Roth/status/1900328526630576466
My heart needed to hear all this good news in one place this morning. Thank you ❤️
Me, too. Happy birthday. Relax and rejuvenate.
You are stellar. Thank you for what you do!!!!
You cheered me up this morning. Thank you! Liked and restacked.