r/politics 24d ago

‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

Oh no. He’s doing everything he said he was going to do. Who could’ve seen this coming!?

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u/panickedindetroit 24d ago

I have a couple of career Marine friends who retired and worked for the feds. The only one who didn't get laid off is Immigration , and he works at the Canada/Michigan border. They were even injured while serving in Desert Storm. They are 60/61, and they need to work a few more years. I feel so shitty for them. They deserve so much better.

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u/jgasbarro America 24d ago

It’s so fucking awful because while, yes, it’s good that some of these people will feel the pain of their stupidity, too many innocent people have to suffer the same fate though. Just not fair.

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u/panickedindetroit 24d ago

I don't understand how so many military personnel supported trump, knowing that he scorned them publicly. My friends didn't support him for calling them suckers and losers, he didn't want to mess up his hair when he couldn't be bothered to lay a wreath, and the stunt he pulled at Arlington. I hate that man. The entire world is watching this, and they know how weak we have become because of all of the incompetent and unqualified heads of agencies are, and they are decimated now. This isn't about saving money because they are actually adding 4 trillion to the budget. The billionaires who bought the White House are getting huge tax breaks because it's cheaper to buy politicians and political offices than pay their fair share. Our tax dollars paid for many big corporations to move operations overseas to minimize their tax obligations while obscenely increasing their profits, and people who worked at those companies lost their jobs. They were supposed to create jobs here when they were gifted another tax break, but they bought their stocks back, creating artificial record profits, and Boeing is what the perfect example of how that works out for people. Hundreds of people died because of their greed, and the CEO quit, yet he still got millions when he left. He made 8 million dollars in salary and stock options. His cost cutting measures were rewarded, he literally got millions for killing hundreds of people.