Subj : Re: Rampant Stupidificati
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Mar 27 2025 09:40:00

>  MP> The difference being that the government is not a business.  The post
>  MP> office was never meant to be a money making venture.  Neither were the
>  MP> national parks but, guess what, in their case they actually do make
>  MP> money. Yet DOGE decided to screw with them also.

> Look at the debt, look at the waste, look at how bad politicians have turned
> our own money into weapons that hurt us. Time is limited. 4 years goes by fast
> when you have a great president. We need to hurry it up and some mistakes will
> surely be made along the way.

They are making more mistakes than they are identifying actual waste.  They
had time to assemble a competent, experienced team before the inaguration,
but instead went with Elon and his tech flunkies.  They have found a few
things... things like centralizing IT purchases... that anyone could have
found.

The rest of it sounds like someone's hand-picked list of things they don't
like and want to try to get rid of that, because they are doing so
illegally, they have so far had to reinstate, wasting time and even more
money.

If they continue like this, in those short 4 years they will have wasted
more than they've saved.  There is no situation where that is a good thing.

>  MP> > Instead of protesting, they should communicate with their US reps about
>  MP> > Because what can their protest actually do for them?

>  MP> You don't think their reps will notice the protest?

> I doubt it! When's the last time you've seen a US rep notice something? Or mor
> importantly: When's the last time you've seen a US rep do anything that was
> worth the $250k paycheck that we give them year after year?

When was the last time you contacted, or attempted to contact, your rep and
got ignored?  You've complained about it at least once, if not several
times.

At least the protests are getting the attention of the press.


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