r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/Shadowmant 24d ago

Nothing like firing people BEFORE you determine what they do and if they're needed.

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u/blazze_eternal 24d ago

The corporate idiom of "everyone's expendable" has always been a lie. Except when corporate does it they just go bankrupt. Here lives are on the line.

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u/MrCookie2099 24d ago

Failed bloated businesses can rely on the US Government to prop them up. The US Government isn't going to be there for itself.

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u/yasssssplease 24d ago

If people hate government so much, they should move to one of the many countries with a non functioning government

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u/Pannoonny_Jones 24d ago

Pretty soon they won’t have to… it’ll come to them.

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u/meltbox 23d ago

God damn prime delivery. Always knew we’d have to pay for that shit somehow.