On Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 7:00:22 AM UTC-6 John Clark wrote:
On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: *> They should have held out the threat of a shut down as a negotiating tactic* *But I think it's entirely possible that Musk and Trump wanted the government shutdown and were disappointed when it was not, because then they could've declared that a third of government employees were vital, mostly military, and put everybody else on furlough and never rehire them again. * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* I agree. Moreover, the court cases ordering the rehiring of fired government workers would have been put on weaker grounds. Schumer made the right call. Incidentally, I read that he graduated valedictorian in the same high school in Brooklyn, NY, that my mother attended, Madison HS. AG qqc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/a456b74a-7d25-4dce-bb9d-19514486c6fdn%40googlegroups.com.
