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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Trump-supporting Federal Employee Friend is finally off the Trump Train.
I'll be fine for a few months, as I previously posted, because I'm a saver. I could also loan my way for a long time after that, though I doubt it gets that far.
I guess the thing that pisses me off is that every President has at least been decent to federal employees during a shutdown. Trump has just been hateful toward us from jump, for no reason. We are not Congress. We are not the swamp. We're just middle class people who pay taxes and are trying to make a living.
I am not only off the bandwagon, but I'm kind of looking forward to the Mueller Report and maybe a little jail time for the orange family in the future. What goes around comes around, motherfucker.
White, Male, Gun-owning, ex-military. Gleefully supported Trump. Like most Republicans, only when it personally affects them do they really start caring.
manor321
(3,344 posts)They are all fucking assholes. Every one of them. They are gleeful as long as they think non-Whites and non-Christians are getting screwed.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)and at this particular point in time, this is a good thing, lol
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)dbackjon
(6,578 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Something tells me these folks would go right back to him if it ended tomorrow.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)The fact that the GOP isn't standing up to Trump is leaving a very sour taste in his mouth.
I have seen cracks in his support before this - not sure if Pride was stopping him, but the shutdown is opening some eyes.
Every little bit helps.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Have a good weekend.
Nasruddin
(752 posts)Natural consequences works. With a percentage.
Once cognitive dissonance is penetrated, it can cause a wholesale re-evaluation in some cases.
In some cases, sadly ... we progress one funeral at a time.
Republicans only care when things affect them personally.
Bradshaw3
(7,516 posts)Dump supporter who depends on a government paycheck, said those very words: "Now it's affecting me" as if he were proud and without a clue of his hypocrisy. They really do NOT care about anyone but themsleves.
clutterbox1830
(395 posts)Although like most republican until it affects them, they don't see the harm he is doing to this country and economy.
A lot of federal workers for lough should stop going to work. Once ppl see what impact these government jobs do actually, they will demand the government shutdown to be over.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)I bet he loved Trump's family seperation policy. Not getting paid sucks though, eh?
enough
(13,259 posts)walkingman
(7,606 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)employee, and you deserve to be treated with some respect. No one should be treated like this. I hope it won't be too much longer and that you will be made completely whole in the end. As a former federal employee, I've been there before, but I always knew that the situation would be resolved soon. I also knew that whomever the President was or the members of Congress, they were trying to rectify the problem as quickly as possible. That is not the case with this president who has no integrity; and cares only about one person, himself. Stay positive and I hope this is over soon.
shanny
(6,709 posts)some can't even get that far: A+B=C
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Just to make sure he doesn't wander off and forget where his best interests lay next November.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Ohhhhh, so, suddenly hes hard core Woke??
Hooray for him, he doesnt give a crap about what happens to anyone but himself.
Idiots of this sort have no capability for deep insight, which requires empathy.
KT2000
(20,577 posts)It is when the "care meter" kicks in that determines whether we are an R or a Democrat. Good lesson here.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)dbackjon
(6,578 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,589 posts)Taking away their "Obamacare" was OK until they finally woke up and realized their ACA was Obamacare (duh)and their preexisting conditions are not cheap to finance without insurance. That is when they woke up and smelled the coffee and got pissed off. Now that their income is effected by the fucking moron they are pissed off... tough shit!
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)I have coworkers who are white, male, gun-owning, veterans who think Trump is a dangerously stupid piece of shit.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)They're all in until it's their butts getting burned.