** Benny Johnson**
Dang I thought he was Benny Hill, but Benny Johnson that makes sense.
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Its happening
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I read the article and it was dumb. NY Post doesnât even link to the actual report (always a red flag) but instead posts a pic of building occupancy as silly means to try and say because a building can hold 2000 people and only 200 actively work there then we must have only 8% showing up.
Look, one doesnât even need to read the article. All one has to do is use half a brain cell to know it isnât factual.
There are roughly 3 million federal employees of which, nearly 1 million are active duty military. Do you believe that the overwhelming majority of our active duty military are working remotely?
Do the math yourself.
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TFG likes to do things by EO. If you buy the âunitary executiveâ concept of âinherent powersâ, he really doesnât need Congress for much of anything. So, the question is how far with the envelope be pushed?
Steve
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You know how it goes? Somebody says âSquirrelâ and they all go running chasing the âSquirrelâ.
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It sure is!!! just like I suspected. A couple of old guys, sitting on their ses flapping their jaws.
As you can see from the picture, If you read the body language, Thune is saying, âLook Musk, you are an Immigrant, so your an idiot, and we are going to do things my way.â
Look at Musks hands. Musk is saying " Hey this isnât like one of my companies, I canât push these guys around, I am Scre*ed."
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I recall a Charlie Rose program when Elon Musk was on with a GM executive in the early days of Tesla and many unfinished Teslas. He was defensive and even shy.
Looks like he has learned much since then. How far can he go to influence Congress?
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What will happen is that once the hiring freeze has been in place for a while, the natural attrition will leave holes in the fabric of the bureaucracy. The work from the empty positions will be divided up between the remaining personal.
Then one of two things will happen. The remaining personnel will attempt to actually do the work and fail, get disgusted and quit, or they will simply lay down on the job and not do anything.
If the government shrinkage team decides to outsource, no problem, the bureaucratâs the only ones with the required security clearances, will take the pay raises and go to work for the contractors and the resulting cost to the government will be multiples of what it is now.
Cheers
Qazulight
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Assuming we still have a Constitutional government, then not very far. The Republicans have a 220-215 majority, but 3 of those are in line for cabinet positions, so that leaves them with 217-215. Get one, just one Republican to switch and you have complete stalemate, at least until the replacement elections are held. There is no tie-breaker in the House as there is in the Senate, so in spite of the claimed âmandateâ this is gonna be a squeaker.
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So here is some of what has been promised:
- Extend the 2017 tax cuts. (Cost: $4.6 trillion)
- Removes taxes on tipped wages ($250 billion)
- Increase child tax credit ($3 trillion)
- Eliminate taxes on social security ($1.8 trillion)
First items on Speaker Johnsonâs agenda: tax cuts.
Yeah, this balanced budget thing is going to be awesome.
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Donât forget the border and immigration reform. And tariffs.
Some are saying tax cut might be delayed until some spending cuts are worked out. Cancel Inflation Recovery Act and claim any unspent funds from previous programs. Trim Affordable Care Act.
Much on the agenda. Will be interesting to see how much he can accomplish.
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If history proves anything itâs that your big initiatives have to happen in the first two years, because the composition of the House and/or Senate usually changes after that.
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In other words the reporter writing the article is in the dark about one of the most important military systems we have. There is no reason for a report to have this information. So the reporter assumes congress does not. Right the reporter knows a lot. Sarcasm.
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Let me whisper in your ear, âThere is no shadow governmentâ. You are being gullible.
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Goofy,
Look at the list twice. These two items wonât happen.
Political promises? You know the value of them.
Unfortunately she would sweet talk us with more promises than he would.
The IRA+ included about $1.6 trillion in spending and tax credits (credits are about one-third of that). From May:
âLess than 17% of the $1.1 trillion those laws provided for direct investments on climate, energy and infrastructure has been spent as of AprilâŚâ
Between now and the third week in January there will be a lot of money pushed out the door, but there will probably be a least half a trillion left. Plus a bit of increased revenue from cancelled tax breaks/subsidies.
DB2
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The reporter asks the question as it is a âhighly classified reportâ.
But it really does not matter much if the congressional critters have access. They have been bought and paid for by LMT putting as many production sites into as many Congressional districts as possible. Even Bernie Sanders supports thef 35 jobs program.
one of the most important military systems
Ha one of the most expensive boondoggle perpetrated upon the American people.
The f 35 availability rate hovers around 50-55%; well below the 75% target rate. Much less than any other USAF aircraft. They simply are not reliable.
And the cost of the weapon system continues to rise [doubled].
17 years after the first flight and 8 years since introduced to US military services; the bugs have not been worked out.
A big part of the problem is that the Pentagon wanted an aircraft that perform multiple conflicting roles. A difficult if not impossible engineering job.
During the Vietnam era a similar attempt was made. The f 111. A flawed expensive failure.
it soon was apparent the F-111 couldnât do everything McNamara promised it would do. At least not well. And certainly not cheaply.
The Air Force peeled off the close-air-support requirement. The Navy entirely dropped out of the program after discovering how sluggish the jet was. The Air Force eventually bought around 550 F-111s strictly for long-range ground-attack missions.
it soon was apparent the F-111 couldnât do everything McNamara promised it would do. At least not well. And certainly not cheaply.
The Air Force peeled off the close-air-support requirement. The Navy entirely dropped out of the program after discovering how sluggish the jet was. The Air Force eventually bought around 550 F-111s strictly for long-range ground-attack missions.
deja vu
The military repeating a mistake expecting a different result.
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The F35 is important because of its range and target range.