Monahorns
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All we have to do is unleash our energy sector. Europe can't make anything anymore because they have destroyed their energy sector. To compete against China, reduce production costs. The most significant cost is energy.
Trump Administration Accomplishments
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All we have to do is unleash our energy sector. Europe can't make anything anymore because they have destroyed their energy sector. To compete against China, reduce production costs. The most significant cost is energy.
It obviously was more of an anti-Geemany thing than an anti-national socialism or antifascism thing. They didn't like Germany being aggressive especially on the continent and threatening the British Empire and it's influence. Do I think they would have objected to the the terrible things the Nazis did such as the Holocaust? Yes, but they hadn't done those things when Britain decided to join the war, and they had just started (and were likely unknown) when the US entered the war.
She was a free market, pro-growth conservative, but the conservatism of her party was mostly about being favorable to the crown and to entrenched business interests. They were anti-union but not pro-free market. Most of them were also far more EU-friendly than she was. She wasn't against it per se, but she didn't like the push for a federal Europe that gutted the sovereignty of its member states.
Unfortunately, most of what was bad about the Tories is still true. That's why even the best Tories are mediocre, and the worst are almost as bad as Labour or the LibDems.
Will we get another Thatcher? I doubt it. Liz Truss flirted with it a little by proposing a more growth- friendly budget, and she was quickly shown the door.
So is it a smart idea to bring employees back to the office when you don't have space or equipment for them. I'm not as smart as Elon Musk, but I think it stupid to take people who were measurably efficient at home and sit them in a conference room without telephones or computer docking stations.
I've worked at companies where front line workers vworking from home were productive and efficient..though not so much for lazy managers. I've also ovserved places where charaamatic new leaders started changing processes they didn't undstand and made life hell for those trying to get work done.
I've worked at companies where front line workers vworking from home were productive and efficient..though not so much for lazy managers. I've also ovserved places where charaamatic new leaders started changing processes they didn't undstand and made life hell for those trying to get work done.
As if government slugs are "trying to get work done".
Frankly, I am more than 100% over the lazy ******** who keep looking for post covid(fraud) rationalizations to not get back to regular work life.
It’s about reducing the size of the government workforce. If someone working at home is really good and as a result goes to work elsewhere, it’s likely a net positive for the economy (same or more GDP at less government spending).
I fear DOGE has done the same carefree "analysis" you have done.
But, remember the TDS and Elon panic strike fear into anyone working from home to come up with 5 accomplishments the week prior.
Five.
Five.
I understand the optics of forcing everyone back into the office, but beyond that, it actually makes little sense. For starters, 90 percent of the work many of these employees do is computer and web-based. They simply don't have to be in the office to do it.
Second, by requiring all work to be in-person, they require the employees to live where the office is. That's going to mean a lot of people having to be near DC and other big cities, which requires locality pay. It's big money - about 34 percent in DC and about 44 percent in New York City. Of course, this also means the need for more office space, more maintenance, higher utilities, etc. Bottom line - it's significantly more expensive to have people working in offices all the time.
Third, it leads to a less culturally and politically diverse workforce. Basically, you're almost always drawing from big city talent pools. If you're a fan of "draining the swamp" and not having the government run by DC people, is that really what you want? Will some jobs always have to be in DC? Sure, but many of them don't have to be. Why pay some DC person 34 percent more money for a job someone in Lufkin, Texas could easily do? Makes no sense.
Also create a feeling of unease for those who have worked from home since hiring told to "return to office" when they don't have a workstation in the office.
How would you feel if your airline told you to take passengers to Seattle but did't have a plane for you?
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He'd improvise, adapt and overcome. My best guess is he'd hijack a Greyhound bus and arrive in Seattle three days later.
But he'd get 'em there.
HIC,
You are so right. More evidence that Musk doesn't have a clue what he's doing. These are government grunts. You canNOT ask them what five things they have accomplished in the last week! Ask them what ONE thing they've accomplished in the last five weeks.
Most still can't answer, but that at least gives them a fighting chance.
The stock market changed it's mind on Trump. Initial euphoria at the prospect of deregulation has turned sour based on wacky unpredictable tariff policies with our most reliable trading partners. By the way if the president wants to find out who the "incompetents" were who negotiated the egrigious one-sided agreerments he's replacing, he might want to look at his first term official rolodex in front of a mirror. The agreement dates to 2018-19.
Since the trip would likely cancel and I would go home with pay protection, pretty good.
Nothing in our contract guarantees a plane for me when I show up. I'll bet no fed workers were hired under the promise of always working from home.
But seriously, they are just being titty babies and need to grow up and get over it. Bilking the taxpayers, you and me, needs to end.
Seems logical to me.
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Today, Secretary Scott Turner announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will terminate the Biden-era 2021 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, cutting costly red tape imposed on localities and returning decision-making power to local and state governments. The Biden-era AFFH rule was, in effect a “zoning tax,” which fueled an increase in the cost and a decrease in the supply of affordable housing due to restrictions on local land.
“Local and state governments understand the needs of their communities much better than bureaucrats in Washington D.C. Terminating this rule restores trust in local communities and property owners, while protecting America’s suburbs and neighborhood integrity,” Secretary Turner said.
Secretary Scott Turner Cuts Red Tape by Terminating AFFH Rule | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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Today, Secretary Scott Turner announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will terminate the Biden-era 2021 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, cutting costly red tape imposed on localities and returning decision-making power to local and state governments. The Biden-era AFFH rule was, in effect a “zoning tax,” which fueled an increase in the cost and a decrease in the supply of affordable housing due to restrictions on local land.
“Local and state governments understand the needs of their communities much better than bureaucrats in Washington D.C. Terminating this rule restores trust in local communities and property owners, while protecting America’s suburbs and neighborhood integrity,” Secretary Turner said.
Mr. Deez,
Peer collaboration is how companies grow and prosper, which is why you need to have them in an office. Zoom and TEAMS calls just do not do the trick.
If you are worried about the cost of an office, move to a reasonable local. Why do you think everyone is moving to Texas (it isn't for the weather)?
Peer collaboration is how companies grow and prosper, which is why you need to have them in an office. Zoom and TEAMS calls just do not do the trick.
If you are worried about the cost of an office, move to a reasonable local. Why do you think everyone is moving to Texas (it isn't for the weather)?
Beg to differ. I will take Texas heat over Illinois winter in a few years when the daughter finishes high school.
It probably depends on the nature of the work and who's doing it. Plenty of jobs don't involve much direct peer collaboration. Personally, my wife was a more productive federal employee from home. Virtually none of her work involves coworkers, and when it did (maybe a few times per year), she could simply meet if things couldn't get sorted by phone or virtual meeting. By being at home, she didn't have to deal with office politics, gossip, and BS. In an occupation dominated by liberal white women, that makes a big difference.
Your average federal employee has no influence over where the office building is.
Truer words have never been written. The "average" federal employee is NEVER included in the kickbacks for real estate or leases.
Well, no. Those corruption opportunities are for high rollers.
but you are from Texas and know what to expect. The carpet baggers assume air conditioning will make everything okay. That is until they get out of their car or house or get their August electric bill!
Monahorns
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I agree. Companies forced people out of the office in 2020. For me, I never would have started working from home, except for the fact that my company locked me out. So any griping about people working from home now is the fault of the government and corporations. Blaming "lazy" workers is BS. We all got used to the thing those in power forced us to do against our wills.
Reasonable employers will still allow hybrid work schedulers. DC should close offices there and open up offices in other states less expensive states. To your point this helps drain the swamp some.
Monahorns
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I think the biggest issue here is the new tariffs. I'm not sure what Trump thinks he is going to get out of this. Less drug flow into the country? Maybe work against demand. Because if there is demand, supply will move mountains to satisfy it.
I hear people griping about fentanyl and other drug addiction and deaths. You know what the answer to that is? The gospel. Faith in Jesus and a concerted effort to live life for him. Then follow natural law, obey your parents, learn a trade or pursue a career. No sex before marriage. Get married and have 2-6 children. Stay married except for very severe cases like abuse or adultery.
The other part of that is that the government needs to get out of the way. Less tariffs. Less taxes. End the Federal Reserve and let society create a new currency standard. Reduce federal spending, etc. Freeze all immigration for 10 years at least, and then allow very minimal immigration. End all activity in wars and bring troops to bases in the US. That ends the PTSD epidemic of a military.
That would stabilize and reduce prices including house prices. It would stabilize labor rates. Part of the despair comes from the difficulty of starting families and buying a first home. The problem is what the government does, not what the government isn't doing.
Monahorns
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Let collaboration happen organically. You don't have to force it in my experience. Product and business developers are driven to succeed. They will form teams and work together in whatever way makes sense for them.
It is the "measurably efficient" aspect that I think is actually missing. My experience during Covid was that my quality employees actually got more done in a WFH capacity. But unfortunately that was only the top 25%.
top quarter = self starters got more done
2nd quarter = work hard as long as someone is watching/working with them
3rd quarter = bare minimum workers, but will work to keep their job
4th quarter = spend more time trying to find ways out of work than actually working
quartiles 2/3/4 all end up doing less work from home. And despite the numbers that most companies track, when you get right down to it, MOST companies don't really have reliable metrics for individual employees beyond the eyeball test. This is especially true for government entities and especially gov't entities with union shops.
And yes, you can eventually get rid of the poor performers, but without quality metrics, it takes months, and sometimes years, to document poor performance sufficient to fire people in government.
Where are you seeing these reports ?? on the DOGE site, I see only single forms that give very little information beyond the dollar amounts and who. I don't see ANY of the justification for shutting down anything. I've only looked at about 10, so it was a small sampling but so far I'm not seeing this thoughtful DOGE analysis that lead them to conclude these were FWA.
I don't think markets appreciate the haphazard way they are doing this, nor do I think they appreciate the "let's fight everyone all at once" approach.
The Canadian leaders and Australian leaders are telling Trump to F-off. If a few more of our preferred partners get in that boat, Trumps leverage against our actual bad partners will go way down.
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