“I’m A Senior Trump Official, And I Hope A Long Shutdown Smokes Out The Resistance”
By Pamela Geller
GellerReport.com
January 22, 2019
I hope so, too. The Democrats are holding the country hostage for illegal immigration. More specifically, they are holding our military hostage to give amnesty to illegal immigrants. The President is right to hold his ground; I hope he continues to do so. The Democrats are being increasingly exposed as the party that is opposed to the protection of American citizens and opposed to everything that is in the best interests of the United States.
“I’m A Senior Trump Official, And I Hope A Long Shutdown Smokes Out The Resistance,” Daily Caller, January 14, 2019 (thanks to Pat):
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As one of the senior officials working without a paycheck, a few words of advice for the president’s next move at shuttered government agencies: lock the doors, sell the furniture, and cut them down.
Federal employees are starting to feel the strain of the shutdown. I am one of them. But for the sake of our nation, I hope it lasts a very long time, till the government is changed and can never return to its previous form.
The lapse in appropriations is more than a battle over a wall. It is an opportunity to strip wasteful government agencies for good.
On an average day, roughly 15 percent of the employees around me are exceptional patriots serving their country. I wish I could give competitive salaries to them and no one else. But 80 percent feel no pressure to produce results. If they don’t feel like doing what they are told, they don’t.
Why would they? We can’t fire them. They avoid attention, plan their weekend, schedule vacation, their second job, their next position — some do this in the same position for more than a decade.
They do nothing that warrants punishment and nothing of external value. That is their workday: errands for the sake of errands — administering, refining, following and collaborating on process. “Process is your friend” is what delusional civil servants tell themselves. Even senior officials must gain approval from every rank across their department, other agencies and work units for basic administrative chores.
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