Use The Shutdown Crisis To Reorder The Federal Government

[bilo]

The RIF process is legally complex. Agencies must consider a variety of factors, including performance, seniority, veterans’ preference, appeal rights, and retention registers under civil-service law. Still, if only a subset of proposals survives legal or logistical barriers, the signal will matter.

Opponents will charge this is a political hostage tactic. But politics is the business of government. Congress has repeatedly refused to address the unsustainable growth of federal agencies. If a sustained shutdown becomes inevitable, the president should seize the opportunity and wield it with purpose.

Some softening from the memo may occur in practice, but that is acceptable. A disciplined reset does not require maximum carnage. Over time, the administration could refine and defend its choices rather than retreat entirely. Viewed correctly, the threatened RIFs are not simply punishing agencies or employees, they are a tool of realignment and accountability.


https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2025/10/06/jenny-beth-martin-use-the-shutdown-crisis-to-reorder-the-federal-government/

[bilo]

So when are we going to start seeing some cuts?

The Pubs already offered to extend the obama healthcare subsidies. Are the Pubs getting ready to surrender, or will they fight?

[jmyrlefuller]

When it comes to the subsidies, why aren't the insurance companies offering any discounts? They're the ones charging life and limb for coverage (and too often, not actually covering what they say).

There's a reason why Luigi did what he did, that's all I'm going to say.

As for the shutdown, it's not particularly meaningful without a fixed debt ceiling, which we're not there yet as far as I understand it. Shutdown only affects the discretionary spending, which is a small portion of the budget. The ceiling is necessary to stop the spending that is out of control. We have to go over the fiscal cliff if we have any chance of bringing the budget back into sanity.

[libertybele]

When it comes to the subsidies, why aren't the insurance companies offering any discounts? They're the ones charging life and limb for coverage (and too often, not actually covering what they say).

There's a reason why Luigi did what he did, that's all I'm going to say.

As for the shutdown, it's not particularly meaningful without a fixed debt ceiling, which we're not there yet as far as I understand it. Shutdown only affects the discretionary spending, which is a small portion of the budget. The ceiling is necessary to stop the spending that is out of control. We have to go over the fiscal cliff if we have any chance of bringing the budget back into sanity.

When Elon Musk was onboard I was hopeful for a balanced budget.

[jmyrlefuller]

When Elon Musk was onboard I was hopeful for a balanced budget.

How naive one must be to believe that conventional means could achieve that. DOGE was a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed.

[bilo]

How naive one must be to believe that conventional means could achieve that. DOGE was a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed.

What a defeatist attitude. You have to start somewhere and now Pres. Trump has been handed the perfect opportunity, but nothing has been done.