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President Trump Decides Not to Declassify the Democratic Rebuttal to the FISA Memo - Duration: 1:44.
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REPORT President Trump Proposing 'Biggest Civil Service Change' - Duration: 2:53.
REPORT President Trump Proposing �Biggest Civil Service Change� In A Generation
For decades, Donald Trump has said the U.S. government should be operated like a business.
Now President Trump is seeking to implement the �biggest civil service change,� in
a generation.
USA Today reports:
President Trump will seek to �hire the best and fire the worst� federal government employees
under the most ambitious proposal to overhaul the civil service in 40 years, officials said.
[�]
Trump is using the VA Accountability Act, which gave the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
greater authority to fire and discipline workers, as a model.
The White House says that law has resulted in the dismissal of 1,470 employees, the suspension
of 443, demotions for 83 others last year.
Under the current system, federal employees get a review every one to three years.
Employees whose performance is �fully successful� � as 99.7% are � get a within-grade �step�
increase in addition to annual cost-of-living increases.
Trump�s plan would stretch out the amount of time it takes to go from step 1 to step
10 from 18 years to 27 years, saving $10 billion over the next decade, officials said.
That money would then go to high-performing employees either as merit raises or one-time
bonuses.
During his State of the Union address last week, President Trump teased plans for an
overhaul, stating, �Tonight, I call on Congress to empower every Cabinet Secretary with the
authority to reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public
trust or fail the American people.�
Rumblings about a shakeup began before President Trump�s address.
Last month, Robert Shea, a former White House Office of Management and Budget official hinted
to Bloomberg Law that, �A pretty substantial reorganization�, may occur in the near future.
Another source told the publication that, �OPM may be ready for a big shakeup.�
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Trump Effect USA Selling Oil to Arabian Petro Giant - Duration: 5:09.
Trump
Effect USA Selling Oil to Arabian Petro Giant
When Sarah Palin first came to national attention as John McCain�s running mate during the
2008 election, the then-Alaska governor was fond of saying �Drill, baby, drill!� � a
slogan that highlighted the fact that America�s energy woes could be solved by increased drilling
at home.
At the time, Palin�s exhortations were laughed at, mostly in the same way every comment Palin
made was mocked � by Democrats and the media.
(Meanwhile, her counterpart on the Democrat side, Joe Biden, was rarely if ever made to
explain regular obtuse statements, like why he once said, �You cannot go to a 7-Eleven
or a Dunkin� Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.
I�m not joking,�)
Palin�s remarks came at a point in time where gas was $4 a gallon in many places,
and many �experts� said it would rise from there.
It looked like a Prius was going to be in pretty much everyone�s future.
During the intervening eight years, despite the development of new oil-extracting technologies,
including fracking and shale oil production, the Obama administration fought strenuously
against energy development, all in the absence of any real evidence of significant environmental
damage caused by it.
We�ve said it before, we�ll say it again: What a difference an administration makes.
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the world has seemingly turned upside down:
The United States is now exporting oil to one of the most oil-rich nations on earth.
�The United Arab Emirates, a model Persian Gulf petro-state where endless billions from
crude exports feed a giant sovereign wealth fund, isn�t the most obvious customer for
Texan oil,� the AP reports.
�Yet, in a trade that illustrates how the rise of the American shale industry is upending
energy markets across the globe, the UAE bought oil directly from the U.S. in December, according
to data from the federal government.
A tanker sailed from Houston and arrived in the Persian Gulf last month.�
The reasoning behind the decision, in spite of the United Arab Emirates� vast supplies
of oil, is that the grade exported to the Middle Eastern nation is American condensate,
which is very light.
This grade is �preferred to regional grades because its superior quality made it more
suitable for the UAE�s processing plants, one individual said,� the AP reported.
The UAE purchased its condensate from Qatar until last year, the AP reported.
In 2017, the emirates Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East broke ties with
Qatar over Qatar�s support for Iran as well as suspected funding of international terrorism.
While sales aren�t necessarily likely to continue apace, especially given the UAE�s
own ability to pump crude oil (and plenty of it), it�s the kind of economic man-bites-dog
story that likely has Trump supporters celebrating.
After all, the Obama administration pretty much did everything to discourage the American
oil industry from doing more drilling.
Trump has been exactly the opposite.
Before he even took office, Trump announced that almost all offshore waters would be open
for oil exploration.
He also managed to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for drilling as
part of the tax bill, although delays are likely to be abundant.
He also managed to win regulatory approval for the Keystone XL pipeline.
He�s also helped undo Obama-era regulations on fracking
Obviously, Trump can�t exactly take credit for everything the oil industry has done over
the past few decades to make it possible that America could actually export oil to the UAE.
However, he is part of a growing consensus among both conservatives and oil industry
experts that drilling, refining, and related processes can be done safely and with a minimal
footprint.
As for the future, well, just look what he�s done so far.
To that extent, he can take credit for a substantial energy turnaround � one that scarcely seemed
imaginable when the intelligentsia were laughing Sarah Palin out of the room.
What are your thoughts on this amazing turnabout?
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Trump Bypasses Fake News To Alert Americans: Crooked Hillary & Obama Rats Have Been CAUGHT - Duration: 5:46.
Trump Bypasses Fake News To Alert Americans: Crooked Hillary & Obama Rats Have Been CAUGHT
President Donald Trump is bypassing the mainstream media with the help of his close circle of
trusted staffers to alert the American people to the truth.
The fake news is working hand in hand with the deep state traitors, selling lies to convince
you that Trump colluded with Russians and stole the election from Hillary Clinton.
Now, incriminating evidence has just been found on Crooked Hillary and her rats, and
here's what Trump needs every American to know.
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) are the chairmen of the United
States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Now, we have heard an awful lot about the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
that's lead by Rep. Devin Nunes and Rep. Adam Schiff, but we really have heard nothing
in the news about their counterpart in the Senate.The job of the two committees is to
oversee the Intelligence Community: FBI, DOJ, CIA, and NSA.
That's why Nunes has been out front exposing the FBI and DOJ and their roles in framing
Trump and obtaining illegal FISA warrants.
So where are Senator Mark Warner and his intel committee?
Well, Warner and his committee are why President Trump is bypassing the fake news and taking
this vital evidence straight to the American people.
Trump tweeted, "Wow!
-Senator Mark Warner got caught having extensive contact with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch.
Warner did not want a 'paper trail' on a 'private' meeting (in London) he requested
with Steele of fraudulent Dossier fame.
All tied into Crooked Hillary."Throughout the entire story-line behind the ongoing conspiracy
to destabilize the presidency of Donald Trump we have pointed out that Mark Warner and Richard
Burr were compromised.
The corruption within the Senate Intelligence Committee is specifically why House Intel
Chairman Devin Nunes, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, and Senate Judiciary Chairman
Chuck Grassley, do not share information with the Senate Intelligence Committee," reports
the Conservative Treehouse.So, Senator Warner, a very close friend of Hillary Clinton has
been caught red-handed colluding with a Russian oligarch and with Christopher Steele, the
rat hired by Hillary to write the "Steele dossier" also called the "Russian dossier."
We all know now without any doubt that it was completely fabricated and that its sole
purpose was to create false evidence to obtain the FISA warrants to spy on Trump, so the
head of the Senate Intel Committee was caught colluding with Steele too?
YES.
Not only that, but there is clear evidence.
Months after Warner was conspiring with Christopher Steele, the Office of Inspector General Michael
Horowitz questioned Senator Warner's staff and requested the messaging information.
Warner discovered that he was busted.
Below is a pic of the official transcript of Warner conversing with a go-between, a
lobbyist named Adam Waldman who represents the Russian oligarch to meet in London with
Steele to discuss screwing Donald Trump.Fox News reports, "Sen. Mark Warner, the top
Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional investigation
into President Trump's alleged ties to Russia, had extensive contact last year with a lobbyist
for a Russian oligarch who was offering Warner access to former British spy and dossier author
Christopher Steele, according to text messages obtained exclusively by Fox News."
"We have so much to discuss u need to be careful but we can help our country," Warner
texted the lobbyist, Adam Waldman, on March 22, 2017.
Fox News adds, "Throughout the text exchanges, Warner seemed particularly intent on connecting
directly with Steele without anyone else on the Senate Intelligence Committee being in
the loop — at least initially.
In one text to the lobbyist, Warner wrote that he would 'rather not have a paper trail'
of his messages."
Listen to Rep. Jim Jordan as he discusses these shocking developments on Sen. Warner's
traitorous activities:So, this lobbyist Adam Waldman is representing the Russian billionaire
Oleg V. Deripaska.
In May 2017, the Senate and House intelligence committees decided not to give Deripraska
legal immunity in exchange for testimony to the panels.
The text messages between Warner and Waldman appeared to stop that month.
This is a complicated conspiracy, but it is the truth.
President Donald Trump, along with his trusted inner circle, are rooting out every one of
these Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton rats.
Now, we all know that Senator Mark Warner and Senator Richard Burr, who knew about Warner's
collusion, have some explaining to do.In fact, Senator Marco Rubio, who is on the same Senate
Intel Committee, better come clean if he knew anything.
So far, it looks like he is covering for Warner and Burr.
Rubio needs tread very carefully, and he must tell the whole truth.
We will be keeping an eye on him.
President Trump is moving quickly and rounding up all the conspirators, and very soon indictments
will be handed down.
Remember, the fake news will skew this information or refuse to report on it at all.
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Trey Gowdy Shut Down Robert Mueller's Nasty Plan To Betray Trump- BreakingNews24 - Duration: 19:20.
Trey
Gowdy Shut Down Robert Mueller's Nasty Plan To Betray Trump
Robert Mueller has one giant problem.
And it's Congressman Trey Gowdy.
And what Gowdy revealed is bad news for Trump-haters and will shut down Mueller for good.
Democrats and their henchmen in the media are painting a picture that if Trump fires
Robert Mueller over his witch hunt it will be a Constitutional crisis.
Gowdy went on Fox Business and pointed out that if Mueller is removed because of a conflict
of interest, then the Department of Justice will just pick up the investigation.
And Mueller has massive problems.
He was head of the FBI when the bureau was investigating Russian bribery and espionage
schemes surrounding the U.S. energy sector during the time Moscow made the Uranium One
purchase.
Fox News reports:
"THIS WEEK'S BOMBSHELL THAT A CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-TRUMP DOSSIER WAS FUNDED BY THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND CLINTON CAMPAIGN HAS REPUBLICANS ASKING TO WHAT EXTENT THE FBI
– WHICH RECEIVED SOME OF THE FINDINGS AND BRIEFLY AGREED TO PAY THE SAME RESEARCHER
TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE ON TRUMP AND RUSSIA – USED THE POLITICALLY CONNECTED MATERIAL.
HILL INVESTIGATORS ALSO ARE LOOKING INTO A RUSSIAN FIRM'S URANIUM DEAL THAT WAS APPROVED
BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN 2010 DESPITE REPORTS THAT THE FBI – THEN LED BY MUELLER
– HAD EVIDENCE OF BRIBERY INVOLVING A SUBSIDIARY OF THAT FIRM.
CRITICS QUESTION WHETHER MUELLER'S OWN TIES TO THE BUREAU AS WELL AS FIRED FBI DIRECTOR
JAMES COMEY NOW RENDER HIM COMPROMISED AS HE INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS OF RUSSIAN MEDDLING
AND COLLUSION WITH TRUMP OFFICIALS IN THE 2016 RACE.
"THE FEDERAL CODE COULD NOT BE CLEARER – MUELLER IS COMPROMISED BY HIS APPARENT CONFLICT OF
INTEREST IN BEING CLOSE WITH JAMES COMEY," REP.
TRENT FRANKS, R-ARIZ., WHO FIRST CALLED FOR MUELLER TO STEP DOWN OVER THE SUMMER, SAID
IN A STATEMENT TO FOX NEWS ON FRIDAY.
"THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT IS ENOUGH TO PUT MUELLER IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE.
… ALL OF THE REVELATIONS IN RECENT WEEKS MAKE THE CASE STRONGER."
OUTGOING NEW JERSEY GOP GOV.
CHRIS CHRISTIE, A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND TRUMP ALLY, ALSO SUGGESTED FRIDAY THAT
MUELLER CONSIDER STEPPING ASIDE.
"IF THE FACTS THAT YOU JUST LAID OUT ARE TRUE, THEN SOMEBODY WITH BOB MUELLER'S INTEGRITY
WILL STEP ASIDE AND SHOULD — IF IN FACT THOSE FACTS, AS YOU LAID THEM OUT, ARE TRUE,"
CHRISTIE SAID ON "FOX & FRIENDS," IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST ALLEGATIONS."
Muller is fatally compromised on a number of fronts.
There is no way he can fairly investigate Trump.
Do you agree?
Let us know your thoughts
in the
comment section.
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BREAKING!! Trump Is ARRESTING Her! FINALLY!!- BreakingNews24 - Duration: 19:20.
BREAKING!! Trump Is ARRESTING Her!
FINALLY!!
Thanks to the America-hating traitor that led our country for two terms, America's
enemies were able to operate right underneath our noses.
Several weeks ago, Judicial Watch revealed that Hillary and her Muslim Brotherhood pet
Huma Abedin removed five boxes of "Muslim files" from the White House, after the duo
falsely claimed the box contained "personal materials" that were "unclassified"
in an effort to get Obama's dirt permanently removed from the White House.
But the time for terrorists running the White House is now over.
Now Trump is moving to have both Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton arrested, after more startling
evidence just emerged about what else they did while working for the Obama Administration.
Abadin's familial ties to the Muslim Brotherhood has always raised suspicion, with the New
York Post even chronicling her ties to terrorists, where they ran an investigative piece about
her work at the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs from 1995 through 2008, a Sharia Law
journal whose editor in chief was Abedin's own mother.
As Abadin did everything in her power to further the cause of Islam in our country, we're
now learning that Abedin forwarded top level intelligence, including State Department passwords
to Yahoo, where America's top secrets are now in the possession of hackers.
"President Donald Trump called for the imprisonment of former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin
Tuesday morning," The Daily Caller reported.
"Trump referenced Abedin's use of an un-secure Yahoo email address — as first reported
by The Daily Caller News Foundation — and also called for an investigation into former
FBI director James Comey Sunday."
This is just a portion of new scandals surrounding Hillary and Huma to emerge in recent weeks.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton revealed far more sinister things at play with trying
to keep the American people in the dark about what was going on in Obama's Administration.
Fitton stated:
"We already know the Obama State Department let Hillary Clinton steal and then delete
her government emails, which included classified information.
But these new records show that was only part of the scandal.
These new documents show the Obama State Department had a deal with Hillary Clinton to hide her
calls logs and schedules, which would be contrary to FOIA and other laws.
When are the American people going to get an honest investigation of the Clinton crimes?"
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton
This isn't the first time that disturbing information has surfaced about Abadin and
her ties to America's enemies.
After Hillary's humiliating loss to Trump for the presidency, Wikileaks is now exposed
how the Hillary and Huma have been working in the shadows with some very powerful Republicans
in an active coup to get Trump removed as president.
In the series of emails discovered on Huma Abedin's computer several months ago only
identified "document 1078645," it was revealed how Hillary and Huma were working
with Republican traitors to get Trump removed from office, funneling money into the pockets
of several prominent Republicans to buy their alliance against the President.
The email detailed how funds were being funneled directly from Hillary's campaign to line
the pockets of the Super PACS of Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and John Kasich in order to
buy their alliance against Trump.
Other emails reveal how Hillary bought off other key members of the Republican Party
by funneling funds from her Clinton Foundation directly to their bank accounts of 3 other
traitors, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, and known traitor John
McCain.
This story just proves yet again that the Muslim Brotherhood should be labeled a terror
organization, especially in light of their declaration of "war on America" last week.
Huma needs to be investigated for her crimes against this country and thrown into prison
right along side her crooked puppet master, Hillary Clinton.
This
is
absolutely outrageous!
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Robert De Niro Tries Bashing Trump On Climate Change, Backfires As Viewers Spot 1 Problem - Duration: 4:21.
Robert De Niro Tries Bashing Trump On Climate Change, Backfires As Viewers Spot 1 Problem
While speaking at a climate change conference, liberal Hollywood elitist Robert De Niro took
cheap shots at President Donald Trump — but only until viewers noticed something that
made the smug celeb look like the "f***ing idiot" he accuses Trump of being.
It's no secret that Hollywood leans far to the left as countless individuals in the
industry incessantly voice their unwanted criticism of President Donald Trump.
As such, Americans are becoming increasingly fed-up with being preached at about issues
like sexual assault, corporate greed, and environmentalism by incredibly wealthy, privileged,
out-of-touch hypocrites of the big and small screens.
One such liberal elitist is Robert De Niro, who has used his privileged career to relentlessly
bash both the American people who made him famous and the man they elected as their president.
In fact, it wasn't long ago that De Niro delivered a foul-mouthed, threatening rant,
calling Trump a "f***ing idiot" and vowing to "punch him in the face" simply for
having different views.
According to The Daily Wire, De Niro flew into the United Arab Emirates for the World
Government Summit in Dubai to self-righteously berate the world for not doing enough to combat
alleged man-made climate change, especially President Donald Trump.
Unfortunately for him, his hypocritical rant was immediately called out by viewers who
were quick to noticed that De Niro was slamming the U.S. for mass consumption of environmentally
harmful materials like oil in the UAE, which is one of the top 10 oil-producing countries
in the world.
"I am talking about my own country, the United States of America.
We don't' like to say we are a 'backward' country so let's just say we're suffering
from a case of temporary insanity," he said.
"He said that in the country he's describing, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency
suggested last week that global warming may be a good thing for humanity," the Post
reported.
De Niro closed his remarks by saying that the United Sates "will eventually cure itself
by voting our dangerous leader" out of office.The smug Hollywood elitist slammed President Donald
Trump for his stance on the leftist agenda for "climate change" in the UAE, a country
which boasts a primary export of oil and has become filthy rich off the commodity that
climate change activists like himself are supposedly against.
Furthermore, De Niro called the U.S. a "backward" nation in the same country in which they imprison
women for being gang-raped or taking prescription antidepressants and even allow members of
the royal family to keep slaves.
Viewers immediately called out De Niro's flagrant hypocrisy and lack of knowledge on
the issue of "climate change" with responses like the collection below:
"De Niro is in Dubai bad mouthing oil.
Who is the f —ing idiot and f—ing fool?"
"Did DeNiro fly over in a private jet?
And did he use bottled water?
I would think someone so concerned with climate change would not aggravate the matter by doing
these things which waste energy."
"Seems the left's leading scientists on global warming are Al Gore, who has a history
degree and flunked out of both divinity and law schools, and Bobby De Niro, who never
graduated from high school."
"Another liberal with doomsday predictions but zero evidence to back them up.
When asked for evidence liberals invariably reply with 'X number of scientists agree.'
And yet not one of them can point out where 'consensus' appears in The Scientific
Method."
"This is the moron who drives everywhere he goes and takes his own private jet to wherever
he goes and uses more electricity on his various mansions and properties than many small towns
in America."
Robert De Niro is just another out-of-touch Hollywood elitist who can't help but express
his bigotry and utter hypocrisy when it comes to President Donald Trump.
Luckily, he's not getting away with his shameless bashing of the U.S., as more individuals
are showing these liberal celebrities that they don't speak for the majority of Americans.
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REPORT: U.S. Spies Paid $100K in Cash to Shady Russian Who Promised Dirt On Trump - Duration: 2:44.
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Donald Trump a-t-il menti sur le prix de la bague de fiançailles de Melania ? - Duration: 2:50.
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Trump's America Unemployment Benefits Hit 45 Year Low - Duration: 4:46.
Trump�s America Unemployment Benefits Hit 45-Year Low
New data from the U.S. Department of Labor published Thursday revealed that the number
of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits last week was the lowest in decades.
�In the week ending February 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims
was 221,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week�s unrevised level of 230,000.
The 4-week moving average was 224,500, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week�s unrevised
average of 234,500,� the DOL announced.
Here�s the kicker: �This is the lowest level for this average since March 10, 1973
when it was 222,000.�
Excellent, though just to be clear, the unemployment rate began dropping years ago after the financial
crisis of 2007-2008, as seen in the following chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Because of this, Democrats keep trying to attribute America�s current economic boom
to former President Barack Obama.
But while this might hold true in regard to America�s low unemployment, it doesn�t
hold true for other metrics.
�Home ownership: down.
Labor force participation: down.
Student loans: up.
National Debt: up.
Health care costs: up.
Median family income: flat.
People on food stamps: up.
Workers� share of economy: down,� Brad Schaeffer of The Daily Wire pointed out this
week, referencing metrics that fell under Obama�s �recovery.�
These trends do not paint a rosy picture for the working middle class,� he added.
Labor force participation particularly matters in regard to unemployment.
Let me ask you something: What does it suggest when both the unemployment rate and labor
force participation rate drop at the same time as they did during the Obama years?
It suggests that the unemployment rate dropped not because of a change in economic conditions,
but because more people dropped out of the labor force pool altogether.
Now take a look at the following labor force participation chart from the BLS:
The labor force participation rate dropped precipitously during Obama�s tenure in the
White House.
Not until around the time businessman candidate Donald Trump announced his candidacy for office
did it begin to tick upward after nearly a decade of trending lower and lower.
Something similar happened with America�s food stamp consumption rate.
According to documentation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture�s Food and Nutrition Service,
the number of Americas collecting food stamps ballooned from 28 million in 2008 to 44 million
in 2016.
Then suddenly in 2017, during Trump�s first year in office, it shrank to 42 million.
Is this a coincidence?
I think not.
In fact, numbers such as these suggest President Donald Trump, not former President Barack
Obama, deserves credit for America�s booming economy.
And many economists agree: �A recent survey of economists suggest it is President Trump,
and not Obama, who should be taking a bow,� The Hill reported in January, referencing
a survey of 68 economists by The Wall Street Journal.
Of the economists surveyed, �(A) majority said the president had been �somewhat�
or �strongly� positive for job creation, gross domestic product growth and the rising
stock market.�
And that�s something everyone should be happy about.
Please share this story on Facebook and Twitter and let us know what you think about this
record-low unemployment rate.
What do you think about Democrats' refusal to give Trump any credit?
Scroll down to comment below!
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Trump: Allegations Are Destroying Lives - Duration: 1:35.
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BREAKING! Trump Just Put 3 Million Entitled Employees On Notice! HE'S DRAINING THE SWAMP!!! - Duration: 6:31.
BREAKING! Trump Just Put 3 Million Entitled Employees On Notice!
HE'S DRAINING THE SWAMP!!!
The term "government employee" has become synonymous with lazy, subpar, bureaucratic
nonsense, and a host of other unflattering adjectives.
If you are like me and deal with various federal, county, and state offices on a daily basis,
it can be rather frustrating.
While there are certainly good folks to be sure, it seems in some offices and entities
that is just simply not the norm.
Now President Donald Trump is proposing to make some much-needed changes to the federal
civilian workforce with his 2019 budget.
To those employees not measuring up or pulling their weight, this could spell doom for them.
The budget is set to be released on Monday and is purported to contain some of the biggest
reforms to the government workforce in decades.
President Trump's efforts to wrangle the bureaucracy fulfill a key campaign promise
of the businessman president, who pledged a hiring freeze to shrink the cost of government
and reduce regulation.
Among the changes proposed:
Creation of a bonus pool to reward good employees.
An end to so-called "step increases," pay hikes of 3% to 5% that 99.7% of federal
workers get even if they are poor performers.
Changes to the overall pay package, with a focus on generous retirement benefits, that
align federal pay to the private world.
Retraining of employees.
Redeploying workers where they are needed.
The White House is purposing to change how more than 1.5 million federal workers are
paid with a merit-based system.
The proposed system would emphasize performance-based raises instead of the current system that
generally increases pay based on tenure.
The proposal would slow tenure-based increases, generating $10 billion over 10 years for performance-based
payments.
Then the subject of benefits, now currently 47% higher than in the private workforce,
according to a congressional report, will be trimmed back in line with the private sector.
Many are touting it as "the most ambitious proposal to overhaul the civil service in
40 years" as President Trump proposes what is the norm in many private sector companies.
Simply put, he is proposing to "hire the best and fire the worst."President Trump
briefly alluded the proposal in his State of the Union address last week when he stated
– "Tonight, I call on Congress to empower every Cabinet Secretary with the authority
to reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or
fail the American people."
President Trump is using the VA Accountability Act, which gave the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs greater authority to fire and discipline workers, as a model for this newest proposal.
The White House reports the VA Accountability Act resulted in the dismissal of 1,470 employees,
the suspension of 443, demotions for 83 others last year.
Another portion of the upcoming proposal plans to reduce automatic pay increases and instead
use that money for a performance bonus pool.
Currently, federal employees get a review every one to three years.
Employees whose performance is "fully successful" — as 99.7% are — get a within-grade "step"
increase in addition to annual cost-of-living increases.
Reforms have been introduced in the past but opposition from the biggest workforce in the
country often resist change, fighting any effort to be accountable to the very American
people that pay their salaries.
Critics claim these bonus will be used to reward loyalists and lackeys and be used to
discriminate against minorities and women.
American Federation of Government Employees President J. David Cox claims President Trump
is using this proposal as a means for "political revenge" stating – "While to some people
those are code words, they're very clear to us.
Basically, it wipes out due process rights for employees.
He seems to be interested in political revenge by firing people.
The government is not a family business that you get to be in total control of."
Proponents of the proposal say that is not the case and instead state the overall goal
is to bring the 1950s-styled Civil Service into the digital age, introduce automation,
reward "the best" with bonuses, make it easier to hire and fire and provide "flexibility"
by moving employees where they are needed and even rehiring skilled retirees.
USA Today details just how difficult this proposal might be to carry out though as many
have come before President Trump and failed to do the same –
"Since President Jimmy Carter signed the Civil Service Reform Act in 1978, every president
has tried — to some degree or another — to promote greater efficiency in the federal
workforce.
And every president has largely failed, running up against an entrenched culture in the bureaucracy,
opposition from labor unions and a fickle Congress, said Donald Devine, who was President
Ronald Reagan's civil service director.
Reagan tried implementing Carter's reform law but ran into resistance from Congress.
Trump administration officials say Devine's work has inspired their efforts, but they
weren't popular at the time: Newspapers gave Devine nicknames like "the Grinch,"
"the Rasputin of reduction in force," and "the terrible, swift sword of the civil
service."
He served four years as director of the Office of Personnel Management but withdrew his re-nomination
in 1985 amid congressional opposition.
"You get bogged down, the unions keep threatening you, they get Congress so upset," Devine
said.
"All the presidents, after a while, give up and forget about it.
Some of them make it worse, some of them do a little better."
And while he credits Trump for taking on the issue with new enthusiasm, he said the real
estate mogul and former reality television star will soon learn it's harder to fire
people in government."
It seems President Trump has his work cut out for him and I wish him all success as
this is an endeavor that is desperately needed for the betterment of the American people.
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