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A senior official in the Trump administration who recently spoke with The Daily Caller on the condition of anonymity has expressed full-fledged support for the continued partial shutdown of the federal government, revealing that the vast majority of government workers do absolutely nothing of use or value anyway – and in many cases, are actively working against President Trump’s agenda.
This individual, who like many others is currently working without a paycheck, offered up succinct and to-the-point advice for the president: Keep the shutdown going in order to eliminate all the waste – and never look back. In so many words, this federal employee wants every American to know that, despite all the bellyaching by the “resistance,” this shutdown is a good thing for the country.
Though the crux of the issue, at least on the surface, is a left-versus-right squabble over border security and Trump’s request for wall funding, this federal employee sees it as a unique opportunity to greatly reduce the size of government – which is long overdue, this individual says, having witnessed firsthand the unprecedented amount of dead weight occupying our nation’s federal agencies.
“On an average day, roughly 15 percent of the employees around me are exceptional patriots serving their country,” this person contends. “I wish I could give competitive salaries to them and no one else. But 80 percent feel no pressure to produce results. If they don’t feel like doing what they are told they don’t.”
President Trump needs to use the shutdown as an opportunity to MASSIVELY scale down the size of government
Because it’s an incredibly difficult feat to successfully fire lazy, and for all intents and purposes worthless, federal employees without facing lawsuits or other negative repercussions, much of this dead weight remains in a perpetual state of uselessness, sometimes for decades. And thanks to that pesky resistance, some of this dead weight actually spends its time actively working against the president – all on the taxpayers’ dime.
“Most of my career colleagues actively work against the president’s agenda,” this individual says. “This means I typically spend about 15 percent of my time on the president’s agenda and 85 percent of my time trying to stop sabotage, and we have no power to get rid of them. Until the shutdown.”
As it turns out, the government shutdown has actually made many federal agencies more efficient, cutting out all the dead weight and streamlining things that actually need to get done for the best interests of the country. This individual describes it as a reprioritization that’s allowing those who actually work to “focus on valuable results and weed out the saboteurs.”
“We do not want most employees to return, because we are working better without them,” this individual says.
“Sure, we empathize with families making tough financial decisions, like mine, and just like private citizens who have to find other work and bring competitive value every day, while paying more than a third of their salary in federal taxes.”
Thanks to President Trump’s successful efforts to bring many manufacturing jobs back to the United States, the economy is booming like it hasn’t in quite a long time. But there’s still a whole lot more work to do – work that will get done a whole lot faster, and with far less resistance, the longer the shutdown occurs.
“The president does not need congressional funding to deconstruct abusive agencies who work against his agenda,” this individual writes. “This is a chance to effect real change, and his leverage grows stronger every day the shutdown lasts.”
It is mindblowing that orange clown voters DO support him and all his insanity….. It is madness!!!!
Abolish the TSA that was something that happened as a result of I believe 911 it's just another government sham getting people used to losing freedom put an air marshal on each plate instead simple as that. Nobody likes being groped by these people anyway!
I'm all ready homeless my son is autistic my husband works…. He works…. What the hell is wrong with these government asses. Sorry but I have had it.
The wall just might be ok but i dont know
ABC IS SOOOOO DESPERATE AND PATHETIC 😂😂😂😂SURELY YOU LIBTARDS SEE THE LIGHT BY NOW, RIGHT? You don’t have to agree or believe in Conservative ideologies, but you have to agree and believe that ABC IS FAKE NEWS!!! Otherwise the AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NEVER TAKE YOU PEOPLE SERIOUSLY. This FAKE RUSSIAN NARRATIVE IS COMING TO AN END LIBTARDS!!! TRUMP IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT!!, OBAMA. YOU WONT CATCH TRUMP ON THE HOT MIC TELLING RUSSIA THAT HE’LL “HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN THE ELECTION IS OVER”😂😂😂.
Oh, and for any of you soy boys that want to bring up FOX news…. I’ll say this and drop the mic…..I challenge you to show me one story FOX NEWS HAD TO RETRACT THROUGHOUT 2018….I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO ASK ME TO DO THE SAME FOR ABC/CNN/MSNBC😂😂😂😂….done…
national correspondent deputy political director so who are these people ,do you think this a little bius ? seeings how their paycheck come from left supporters socialist ,dude your as smart or smarter then these pretenders ,all i ask is you take a close look at Trump , I think Trump has awaken a beast that evil people has snuck in while we partied 60's-2016 {yeah american people ,so stupid was the worlds view }} ,you see Trump is a beam of light ,watch his light destroy Nancy P , REALLY now she says only one dollar for the wall ,SHE THINKS ITS A GAME F.U !!!
USE YOUR 401K YOU WILL BE FINE .
MY FAMILY DID LIVED EIGHT YEARS IN MOTELS 10/2006-3/2014. EIGHT YEARS IN MOTELS USE YOUR 401K MY HUSBAND DID TO PAY FOR THE MOTELS I LIVED IN THOSE MOTELS I SEEN PRISONERS BEING RELEASED WITH MOTEL VOUCHERS OUR FAMILY DIDN'T GET MOTEL VOUCHERS WE HAD TO PAY FULL PRICE AND YES YOU CAN PULL OUT OF YOUR 401K YOU CAN CALL IT A HARDSHIP LIKE MY HUSBAND DID WHEN OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT I DIDN'T BLAME MY PRESIDENT COULD OF WE ARE TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS.
What happened they give too much money to the Israelis again?
There is nothing stopping Trump from releasing funding to all those public workers. He can still negotiate wall funding. He is using all those people as political pawns. He is a scumbag.
_when Trump became president she gave this statement "what thell is going on across the America" we laughed we thought he will make any history to do somthing unique😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 _
Concerning Trump and those among him that defend him….
KJV Bible. Proverbs 6:12-19
[12] A NAUGHTY PERSON, a WICKED MAN, WALKETH WITH a FROWARD (difficult to deal with,contrary) MOUTH.
[13] He WINKETH with his eyes, he SPEAKETH with his feet, he TEACHETH with his fingers;
[14] FROWARDNESS ,(difficult to deal with, contrary) IS IN HIS HEART, HE DEVISETH MISCHIEF CONTINUALLY; HE SOWETH DISCORD (strife, conflict, hostility…).
[15]Therefore SHALL HIS CALAMITY COME SUDDENLY; SUDDENLY SHALL HE BE BROKEN WITHOUT REMEDY.
[16] These SIX THINGS doth the LORD HATE: yea, SEVEN are an ABOMINATION unto HIM:
[17 ] 1) A PROUD LOOK, 2) a LYING TONGUE, 3) HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD
[18] 4) An HEART that DEVISETH WICKED IMAGINATIONS, 5) FEET that be SWIFT in RUNNING to MISCHIEF,
[19] 6) A FALSE WITNESS that SPEAKETH LIES, (7 Abomination to God) HE THAT SOWETH DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.
KJV Bible. Proverbs 12:22
[22] LYING LIPS are ABOMINATION to the LORD: but THEY THAT DEAL TRULY are HIS DELIGHT.
KJV Bible. Proverbs 17:15
[15] HE that JUSTIFIES the WICKED, and HE THAT CONDEMNETH THE JUST, even they BOTH ARE ABOMINATION to the LORD.
KJV Bible. Psalms 59:12
[12] For the SIN of THEIR MOUTH and the WORDS of THEIR LIPS, LET THEM even BE TAKEN IN THEIR PRIDE: and FOR CURSING and LYING WHICH THEY SPEAK.
Mich McConnell needs to do his job and stop ignoring the constitution. ABC Commentators need to grow a set – your reporting is so placid – you are too scared you might offend someone.
Looks like Amy Adams!!
If Democrats and liberals had their way, the Statue of Liberty would be replaced by a statue of an illegal immigrant holding a welcome basket containing a credit card funded by the bank of the American tax payer, unlimited credit. with a picture of Schumer and Pelosi.
Pelosi said we needed to pass Obamacare first to see what's in it. Let's build the wall to see if it works.
Is time.. anywhere
We have a trader his name is Donald Jackass Trump he is the Worst president ever, O my bad Russian help his Raggedy win the election. What was I thinking to call this Moron the president, bottom line Congress time is running out it's time to get this Jackass out of office point blank!!
What a fkn idiot. It's like being on vacation? Who sits at home and enjoys worrying about if they will lose their house, and call it a vacation?
I'm not a fan of Trump, BUT did you guys know that Clinton did the SAME thing when he was in office? It's not just Trump who's done this. The real problem here is that Conservatives and Liberals need to start working with each other better. I mean, my 6 year old son can work with his friends in KINDERGARTEN better than our government can.
Donald Trump had no idea what a shutdown for over three weeks would entail. He lives in a delusional world of his own making.
How can President Trump make America great when he's sacrificing the American people by the shutdown by not being able the workers to get paid to support their families this men needs to be impeached and needs to be get out of the White House I don't know how they allow him to continue to damage or country the way he has because of temper tantrums most of the immigrants they come into this country usually stay over their visa stay in this country the wall is not going to do is any justice he talks about immigrants coming in murdering drugs and he's the first con artist and the first liar Thief and God knows what else this has been the worst president we've had in history
HEY ABC, AS ALWAYS: FUCK YOU!!!! BLAME YOUR FUCKING LIBERAL ASS DEMOCRATS FOR THIS!!! BUILD THE FUCKING WALL!!!!
Where are your Democratic leaders @ this time? Are they working on any negotiations to help take care of anything for all those people they whined about? NO THEY ARE NOT!!##THEY ARE PARTYING IN PUERTO RICO!!## I have never been polled. Have you?
What can you do when the corporations and secret ubergovernment are lying to your face. !? Come to the Women's March.
The Justice he mocks so arrogantly and blantently,as our dedicated men and women of our armed forces stand watch this very hour for our protection…American,,Veteran,,Hispanic…and Proud of it
Hail!!…to our Coast Guard..we support you outstanding job to dedication of Country ,,now to the C.I.C. Section 10 article 111 of the Constitution of the USA…,,if he is found guilty give him full extent of the law of Justice
a lot of teachers i knew here in the philippines want larger classrooms, big salary and less work😅, theres even one teachers who always comes to school late😅
Trump and McConnell are WRONG. Total abdication of governance, to the point of a shutdown of the government, is neglectful irresponsibility and partisan strong arm tactics that are NOT representative of American ideals. There is a place in Hell for McConnell (and Trump – goes without saying)
Stupid and stubborn, mule-headed Democrats! How long is your stubbornness going to go on! Trump wants money for the border wall and you are sitting around, lazy and not doing anything!
Dont make my favorite president to a martyr, I have my boyfriend to deal with you! Captain Oscar Martinez of his Military service in Kabul Afghanistan! Look him up on Twitter!
He will have his men pillage the prison walls bombing and gunfire your fellow TRUMP-HATERS and other prisoners to save Trump! Been in my dreams since I slept and I ain't making it up! I wouldn't be telling you if I haven't dreamed this but it came to me! Don't push me to drugs because my meds don't work for me any more!!!🇺🇸😡🐉🐲🔥💀🔫⚰
I a political solution the longest distance between two points is a straight line.
Why can't we use drug seized money to build that Wall
Keep it shut down government instill solutions both parties disagree border wall issue continues.