Things didn’t end well for the last guy…

Or just don’t show up to work, and start looking for another job.

What they gonna do? Shoot you for “being sick and unable to report to work”?

Message for Government Employees: If you work a government job, DON’T GO TO WORK WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN. Fuck that BS, don’t let the government treat you like a slave. Calling out from work is not a crime (even if it is, fuck them anyways).

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All TSA agents should strike at the same time those days, wearing green hats and fake mustaches

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45 points

Nothing would change, the TSA does nothing but harass lawful citizens.

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34 points

Yeah lol, people would probably have a great travel experience and want to make it permanent. Strikes only work if your job is important to someone, otherwise they work against you

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4 points

They aren’t allowed to strike.

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13 points

Disruption is the point of striking.

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25 points

Have you met them? They’re basically otherwise unemployable.

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Meh, I’m sure their local police force, who are toally well trained and organized and not filled with overweight people, would gladly accept them, just look at what the average cop looks like. These TSA agents will fit right in.

(Not that I want there to be more cops, but sadly thats where these people will end up. 🤷‍♂️)

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5 points

The comment about weight was unnecessary, even though I broadly agree with the message.

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I have a friend who is a TSA agent and he’s a lovely and intelligent person. He took the job because it was the best thing available to him and federal jobs (usually) come with very good benefits and health coverage. He hadn’t seen a doctor for about 6 years before he got the job because his insurance and PTO was so terrible at his last job.

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Yeah, there’s always some exception. Hope your friend is doing well.

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11 points

So far they’ve gotten paid every time, just late.

So far…

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6 points

If my job ever skips a check I’m not coming back until I get it. Fuck that. Everyone not getting paid because of this should stay home and let chaos happen. Cause some real consequences to Musk and the rest of them.

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Go to work and do nothing but look for a new job on your phone. What are they gonna do, not pay you anymore?

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172 points

And they ripped out funding for pediatric cancer research. $250 million… or around 0.05% of president Musk’s net worth. Why do repubs hate kids with cancer?

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Because they’re not profitable.

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55 points

Also 900 million will not be going to North Carolina hurricane relief.

Cold heartless bastards

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Assuming I did my math correctly these two things would have been a combined total of .002% of the federal budget.

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9 points

Can’t buy a B2 with hurricane relief.

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You mean the state that put this asshole in power?

Leopards getting fat here.

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why can’t north carolina use hurricane insurance instead of relying on the feds?

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Yeah, those people living in the (checks notes) mountains in (checks notes again) inland North Carolina knew the risks of not getting Hurricane insurance!

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Why can’t the government take care of it’s people instead of making them rely on private insurance? It’s the government. They should be doing things like taking care of their citizens during times of crisis.

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Ummmmm this would be largely flood insurance and that’s a federal program.

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They want to strip away everything that reduces infant mortality, so that people start having more kids again since so many of them will die young.

Then later they give it back, and since they already took away the right to abortion… Boom, population explosion and a bunch of poor kids are born to later be exploited in factories and wars.

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Whoa whoa whoa you can’t go around funding kids healthcare. Then they are gonna become adult voters who expect more free healthcare.

You want kids who get to adulthood on the skin of their teeth, or kids who don’t get to adulthood at all. There’s no in-between.

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Just a reminder that Elon Musk is not from the United States.

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…which is why he had to buy a president instead of buy the presidency.

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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 rolls out which gave us our modern hellscape.

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I’m sorry but, FUCK THE TSA. Go join a real theater group, assholes.

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54 points

Fuck the TSA, but the people who work there because it is a paying job deserve stable employment like the rest of us. They don’t make the decisions.

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8 points

Does this goes for the police as well?

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When they have enough oversight that the “thin blue line” is no longer a thing.

Everyone should know the Chris Dorner story.

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0 points

Depends how responsible you think the system is for their behavior and if you feel people deserve a second chance.

I think ACAB, but I believe their bad behavior is mostly due to systemic pressures.

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2 points

But most of the time you can choose your job… Of course working for the TSA might be more comfortable, but what you do with your life is not usually forced.

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Yes, you can choose your job, but it is a pretty big pain in the butt to do so. I don’t feel like the “you can just get a better job” argument is a strong one in general.

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People being forced to work without pay is slavery. No one deserves to be a slave, even if they’re normally paid to do something and that something is not useful.

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It’s sad that this is apparently a unique take. Sure, “fuck giant corporations”, I agree. But pay the fucking workers who literally do everything.

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Nobody is forcing them to take security theater jobs oppressing other people. Even the workers can get fucked imo.

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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.

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