Understood. Probably true.

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spider96 said:

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Were you eligible for the 8 month buyout offer?

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I was, as mentioned I can't leave my area of Missouri until I can adopt my foster children. We are in a small rural community and most all the jobs are either on post at Leonard Wood or with USGS. If I'm not employed we lose custody of our foster children.

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To maintain the foster relationship, do both parents have to be employed full time? If your wife still has her job, and you lose yours, her job isn't enough to keep the state from taking the kids?

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We have to be able to prove we can financially support the children and have health insurance, at least that's how it works in Missouri. We have a 2 year old, 4 year old and a seven year old, my wife stays home to care for them

That's pretty terrible and also pretty stupid. Something at the heart of this whole issue is how out of hand our safety nets have gotten. We try to make it so easy for people who cannot and should not be having children to be able to afford them through all of our public safety nets yet when you have a hard-working family who actually wants to adopt children they have to prove that they are financially independent.

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As an Army and Iraq war veteran, I understand your personal concern and very much wish for the best for you and your family, but these issues happen in the private sector when there is an economic downtown or restructuring. In July 2018, I was laid off from Enterprise Products in Houston after working there for just 13 months, and that was my first full-time job after serving in the Army and graduating from Texas A&M in May 2017. I spent about 4.5 months looking for my next job before finally securing a full-time offer in late November 2018. Since January 2019, I have been working at TxDOT in Austin.

Best of luck to your future!

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Where at TXDOT? Consultant here, pm me

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I'd agree if you said most DC federal employees but once you get away from DC, most federal employees are reflective of the community they are in. I'm in the Ozarks of Missouri, most in my office are conservative

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There are worse places to live. All the best, hope you land on your feet. FWIW I believe Trump is a lot more empathetic than most F16 right wingers like myself. His aim is to root out corruption and ineptitude and rehire thise who are competent.

I do hope you are able to foster kids, takes a special family to be able to do that,

Don't get me wrong, I love where we live and don't want to leave it. I support Trump in his efforts to root out waste. Thankfully for my family, this round didn't take my job away

You said no one is rooting against government employees, did you not read the responses to my post

One step at a time

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Can't make an omelette without crackin' a few eggs…

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"Can't make a Tomlette without cracking a few Gregs."

Tell me I'm not the only one that watched that show.

gkaggie08 said:

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I don't think anyone is 'rooting against' federal workers. Most are rooting for the bloated federal government to be trimmed down to the actual constitutional authority it has. We need an efficient government, and what is in DC is the complete opposite of efficient.

I'm sorry to hear that your plans of fostering children, which is a noble undertaking that I applaud you for, is in jeopardy due to potential job loss.

But it sounds like you have been in government for several decades and this is your first time to think that your job may be in jeopardy. Those of us in the private sector have dealt with that reality several times over in the last couple of decades. Try being in a start up that has 3 RIFs in under 6 months, or O&G when oil prices tank, or in a company you plan on making a career out of getting bought by a multi national.

Fear of losing your job sucks, but the private sector deals with it all the time. I'm sure most federal workers will find a spot somewhere

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Nobody is against trimming bloat.

That's not what's happening.

Enjoy your future hellscape.

Aggie Apotheosis said:

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gkaggie08 said:

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I don't think anyone is 'rooting against' federal workers. Most are rooting for the bloated federal government to be trimmed down to the actual constitutional authority it has. We need an efficient government, and what is in DC is the complete opposite of efficient.

I'm sorry to hear that your plans of fostering children, which is a noble undertaking that I applaud you for, is in jeopardy due to potential job loss.

But it sounds like you have been in government for several decades and this is your first time to think that your job may be in jeopardy. Those of us in the private sector have dealt with that reality several times over in the last couple of decades. Try being in a start up that has 3 RIFs in under 6 months, or O&G when oil prices tank, or in a company you plan on making a career out of getting bought by a multi national.

Fear of losing your job sucks, but the private sector deals with it all the time. I'm sure most federal workers will find a spot somewhere

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Nobody is against trimming bloat.

That's not what's happening.

Enjoy your future hellscape.

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This is an outright lie. If nobody is against trimming bloat, why do we have posters on here and politicians on tv screaming, it's just 1% of the budget! Why are they even bothering looking! It's just a rounding error!, everytime DOGE looks into a gov agency and finds waste, fraud, and abuse?

Aggie Apotheosis said:

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gkaggie08 said:

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I don't think anyone is 'rooting against' federal workers. Most are rooting for the bloated federal government to be trimmed down to the actual constitutional authority it has. We need an efficient government, and what is in DC is the complete opposite of efficient.

I'm sorry to hear that your plans of fostering children, which is a noble undertaking that I applaud you for, is in jeopardy due to potential job loss.

But it sounds like you have been in government for several decades and this is your first time to think that your job may be in jeopardy. Those of us in the private sector have dealt with that reality several times over in the last couple of decades. Try being in a start up that has 3 RIFs in under 6 months, or O&G when oil prices tank, or in a company you plan on making a career out of getting bought by a multi national.

Fear of losing your job sucks, but the private sector deals with it all the time. I'm sure most federal workers will find a spot somewhere

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Nobody is against trimming bloat.

That's not what's happening.

Enjoy your future hellscape.

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LOL

Just gonna leave this here. pic.twitter.com/GPvWhTP1hA

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 19, 2025

Ha ha enjoy your jammies you leach.

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Enjoy your future hellscape.

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Holy hyperbole, Batman!

Aggie Apotheosis said:

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gkaggie08 said:

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I don't think anyone is 'rooting against' federal workers. Most are rooting for the bloated federal government to be trimmed down to the actual constitutional authority it has. We need an efficient government, and what is in DC is the complete opposite of efficient.

I'm sorry to hear that your plans of fostering children, which is a noble undertaking that I applaud you for, is in jeopardy due to potential job loss.

But it sounds like you have been in government for several decades and this is your first time to think that your job may be in jeopardy. Those of us in the private sector have dealt with that reality several times over in the last couple of decades. Try being in a start up that has 3 RIFs in under 6 months, or O&G when oil prices tank, or in a company you plan on making a career out of getting bought by a multi national.

Fear of losing your job sucks, but the private sector deals with it all the time. I'm sure most federal workers will find a spot somewhere

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Nobody is against trimming bloat.

That's not what's happening.

Enjoy your future hellscape.

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What is happening?

10/30/2024 was on a Wednesday... just to help people out with that

Aggie Apotheosis said:

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gkaggie08 said:

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I don't think anyone is 'rooting against' federal workers. Most are rooting for the bloated federal government to be trimmed down to the actual constitutional authority it has. We need an efficient government, and what is in DC is the complete opposite of efficient.

I'm sorry to hear that your plans of fostering children, which is a noble undertaking that I applaud you for, is in jeopardy due to potential job loss.

But it sounds like you have been in government for several decades and this is your first time to think that your job may be in jeopardy. Those of us in the private sector have dealt with that reality several times over in the last couple of decades. Try being in a start up that has 3 RIFs in under 6 months, or O&G when oil prices tank, or in a company you plan on making a career out of getting bought by a multi national.

Fear of losing your job sucks, but the private sector deals with it all the time. I'm sure most federal workers will find a spot somewhere

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Nobody is against trimming bloat.

That's not what's happening.

Enjoy your future hellscape.

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Ah yes, the horror of a world without the US funding trans drag shows in Paraguay or the US using our own taxes to interfere in others elections. The horror

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Just gonna leave this here. pic.twitter.com/GPvWhTP1hA

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 19, 2025

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@elonmusk @DOGE that place sounds sick. pic.twitter.com/UxsO4FmMNC

— 🇺🇸Jesse Sweeney🇺🇸 𝕏 (@JesseASweeney) February 19, 2025

Good Lord!

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fc2112 said:

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Just gonna leave this here. pic.twitter.com/GPvWhTP1hA

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 19, 2025

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@elonmusk @DOGE that place sounds sick. pic.twitter.com/UxsO4FmMNC

— 🇺🇸Jesse Sweeney🇺🇸 𝕏 (@JesseASweeney) February 19, 2025

Good Lord!

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your tax dollars at work, folks

you know, none of that **** is going to end permanently unless Congress is held accountable

hopefully the long game here by Trump is to expose them, then break out the bully pulpit and turn public opinion against them

JasonD2005 said:

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Prosperdick said:

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fc2112 said:

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Just gonna leave this here. pic.twitter.com/GPvWhTP1hA

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 19, 2025

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@elonmusk @DOGE that place sounds sick. pic.twitter.com/UxsO4FmMNC

— 🇺🇸Jesse Sweeney🇺🇸 𝕏 (@JesseASweeney) February 19, 2025

Good Lord!

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your tax dollars at work, folks

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Not anymore.