Things didn’t end well for the last guy…
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Just a reminder that Elon Musk is not from the United States.
…which is why he had to buy a president instead of buy the presidency.
He’s legally a US citizen by way of his mother.
Nevermind how much “god damn those evil foreigners are at it again” rhetoric makes me gag. Peter Thiel and Marc Andressen are fully American and they suck just as hard. If anything, the problem isn’t Elon, its Stanford University and the endless line of factory produced insane far-right techbro degenerates that it produces which gave us our modern hellscape.
But they’re going to get paid when the budget is approved again, right?
It’s a problem for who lives paycheck to paycheck, though
Most people making 50k are working 4th-next-paycheck to 5th-next-paycheck tho.
I get it, but having people feel bad for the TSA of all organizations is a tall order. Why not pick a less controversial gov agency effected like say the National Parks and Museums?
Probably because parks and museums usually just close whenever this happens, so they’re not working without pay. They’re just on an indefinite suspension
And yet I can feel for them more, If the TSA was gone tomorrow I could not care.
The way it setup it will not mean the removal of the stupid safety theater, it will mean the closing of the airport.
I know, and that makes me even less inclined to have sympathy for the TSA as a whole. I know I should feel bad for the people working at the TSA, but I can’t.
At least half of them voted for that. 🤷
Not even a government shutdown can stop the TSA from harassing people
Yeah we all hate Elon Musk, but government employees who work during a shutdown are reimbursed for full pay when the shutdown is over. Threads like this make me wonder how much of lemmy is high school sophomores. We don’t know how long this latest shutdown will last, but they’re getting to be almost a routine political tactic now instead of Congress doing its fucking job and taking care of its bookkeeping. This really isn’t a billionaire thing.
Doesn’t help that much if you live paycheck to paycheck.
Valid point of discussion, but that’s a much deeper level of thinking than 90% of the comments here.
They have bills that don’t wait for shutdowns to end.
This is absolutely a billionaire thing b/c it demonstrates that billionaires have no concern for the people they affect since they have the luxury of cash coffers that most Americans don’t have.
Look I’m not objecting to being angry at billionaires, but TBH there are millions and millions of people who don’t live paycheck to paycheck and aren’t inconvenienced by a delay in getting paid. You don’t have to be anywhere near a billionaire to be in that category. If you want me to be the enemy for not jumping up and down cheering for this post, fine - or get a sense of perspective.
I’m not sure if you realize this, but “millions and millions” is still “single digit millions”. The talking heads say things like “millions and millions” because it sounds like a lot, but that’s actually a minority.
That still leaves hundreds of millions of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck. In fact, they’re living at least 4 paychecks out on revolving debt.
Nearly half of Americans “at least somewhat agree” that they’re living paycheck to paycheck (source) - which means MORE than half are not. Clearly not “single digit millions” and clearly not a minority.
Anyway, what I said was that you don’t have to be anywhere near a billionaire. So please don’t conjure numbers out of thin air to counter this simple fact.
two memes in one post?
So is a South African buying his way into the U.S. presidency, but here we are.
You know, I’ve heard of a solution to the CEO problem recently thats making the news cycle…
Can’t build a wall tall enough for southafrica. Us Mex people know that.
this is why we need a wall tall enough to keep planes out /s
“Oh you’re not gonna pay me today? Guess I’m not working today.”
I can’t imagine coming in to work if I’m not being paid on time. Indeed, if there’s even a whiff of maybe I won’t get paid, I’m not coming in unless I’m paid in advance.
Every government worker that is told they’re not getting paid should do that. Money in my account now, before I come in to work.
Love this attitude. The harsh reality is, not everyone is a kid working at maccas and they have families to feed and bills to pay.
Not much difference toward feeding family or paying bills if you’re not getting paid. Better to take the time off and find a new job.
True, but isn’t this just late payment? It’s still absolutely abhorrent and I’d be fucking furious, I’m just saying a lot of people aren’t in a position to just leave. Getting paid a week late is better than losing your pay for 2-4 weeks while you look for another job.
There is no guarantee that they will get paid. For that to happen, congress will have to pass a spending bill that not only authorized future spending but also explicitly gives back pay for the time they were working without paying after the shutdown.
So far this has always happened, but I do remember some noises about not doing it around the last shutdown.
So especially after those comments last time, there is no certainty that if you come in to work for the government during a shutdown you will be paid.
There’s a reason the country lost credit rating, and it’s because people are slightly less confident that it will actually pay its debts, including simple payroll.
Congress passed a law in 2019 to ensure back pay for furloughed employees. Kinda moot for the moment though
The more I think about it, the more I can see this is a really good example of Hanlon’s razor.
If they were evil, they would not tell you they’re not paying you. They simply wouldn’t pay you. They’re actually stupid because they told people they expect them to work without getting paid.
I’m voting “both evil and stupid.” That is, modern Republicans.
Ok, but they can’t: for TSA not working is their job description. They work by not working.
TSA agents are ineffectual on the best of days, but without pay? Between that and the amazing production quality at Boeing I’m quite content to not fly anywhere.
I hope that US citizens will remember who caused the chaos out of pure spite when the next election comes around.
Remember? Mmmmwwwwhahahahaha!
Not a chance, not with the publics goldfish like memory span and media companies pushing their narrative.
This happens constantly and 80% of the time it’s republicans playing games (not being unable to agree, but agreeing and then doing stupid shit because of the tea party or Trumpers or whatever)
The next election will be like the kind they have in Russia.
Not unlikely, indeed. Sorry for you, chaps. We went through this about 80 years ago, and we mostly learned our lesson.
But TSA is a sham. Pure theater and makework.
Sure, but people still go there to try and make money for their livelyhood, sham or not they don’t deserve to be unpaid.
No, but they also deserve to do meaningful work, which the TSA is not. They should morph the agency and personnel into something that actually serves a function beyond security theater.
Agree. TSA could be doing more meaningful work for the amount spent
They don’t deserve to be put on mind-numbing pretend work.
How bout they just dont show up? The TSA is a fraudulent agency anyway. Pre-9/11 security worked just fine.
And if someone is going to hijack a plane to pilot it into a building, i doubt their mission would depend on a large tube of toothpaste and a nail clipper
“Heh heh heh, finally, I can sneak enough explosive toothpaste into the plane!”
That’s the terrorists right now, how do you feel now, huh? It’s not a joke. TSA is extremely serious. 😤
Not a meme.
meme
/mēm/noun
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A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
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Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
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A self-propagating unit of cultural evolution having a resemblance to the gene (the unit of genetics).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
The current definition is actually just “thing on internet”. But the reason the person you’re responding is upset is they are a hyper conservative bootstrapper.
Yeah, they use “politics” when they mean “thing I didn’t want to think about” and “meme” for “picture with words that I liked”.
Don’t worry about it. This person has announced that they will be putting this in every post they decide doesn’t fit their personal criteria until they’re banned.
And their bio is a lie. They proved that in the same thread.
I read their bio just now and had a chuckle at the wild self deception.
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Out of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
Useful to whom?
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defect of standard every couple of months hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
Don’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.
We need to teach him to be scared of us.
Good luck. He can afford a personal army to protect him.
There are more of us.
With military-grade weapons? I doubt it.
With how loosy-goosy the US is with weapons purchasing? There’s a chance.
There’s also a chance that Musk’s security forces will spray bullets into the crowd from sniper positions.
If that ever happened, itd push the guillotines out overnight.
Sure it would. Just like all the other “if this happens, the guillotines will come out” events where that didn’t occur when it happened.
He made a bunch of his cars bulletproof and even a couple that can withstand a chemical attack. I think he’s been scared the whole time.
His personal cars or do you mean the cybertruck? Because if it’s the latter then it’s not quite as bulletproof as advertised.
Yeah him to hold still until the end of time.
