IRS Employees Who Took Trump 'Buyout' Ordered to Stay, Work Is Too 'Essential'

23 points by moonka 5 months ago | 11 comments
  • msie 5 months ago
    Isn't it obvious by now that Trump and his pals have no idea how to run a government? This is a massive Chesterton's fence.
    • krapp 5 months ago
      Their intent is not to run a government, it's to pillage a government then burn it down.
      • quantified 5 months ago
        IRS could resign en masse right now. Hilarity will ensue.
      • EA-3167 5 months ago
        It was obvious back in 2017, but somehow the media, social media, and most people "convinced" themselves that this time was different. It's like Gell-Mann Amnesia, when he's being a bumbling idiot people remember that he's incompetent and surrounded by incompetence. When he says "I'm coming for the thing you care about" suddenly the Etch-A-Sketch shakes and people think he's playing 5D chess.

        It's infuriating.

        • techapple 5 months ago
          Just to play devil’s advocate because why the heck not lol, isn’t the theory here that people are tired of waiting for all the analysis of every chesterton’s fence and we should just act?
          • verdverm 5 months ago
            No, HN users mostly prefer to use their own brainpower instead of outsourcing it
            • techapple 5 months ago
              I don’t understand your argument, isn’t the whole point of electing an outsider like Musk or Trump that they won’t ask why the fence is there, they’ll just remove it?
            • rsynnott 5 months ago
              I mean, yes, some stupid people are of that opinion.
          • 5 months ago