• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Thing is, when the economy is already going downhill… You ought to increase government spending instead of reducing it. It puts more money in the economy. More people with jobs also spend more money at businesses that employ people.

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      2 months ago

      Well unfortunately the President of the United States is bad at business and the Republicans are …Republicans. The only thing that matters to either are rich people.

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        2 months ago

        Oh I know, I’m just fully enjoying the irony of watching the man who was supposed to lower the grocery prices make fewer people be able to afford groceries.

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    According to the article, it is due to restructuring that has nothing to do with the spite layoffs being used by the Trump administration to punish Democrats for their unwillingness to support a dramatic 2x increase to healthcare expenses for Americans.

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      AFAIK JPL is part of the University of California, not NASA and I’m pretty sure this isn’t the first round of layoffs at JPL in the last few years.

      Edit: It’s Caltech. I misremembered.

      Edit 2: People seem to not be understanding what I am saying so I will clarify: JPL - Founded in 1936. NASA - Founded in 1958.

      While NASA is the primary sponsor of JPL today its management has always fallen to its original founder, Caltech. Both JPL and Caltech are considered Federal Contractors. The decision to lay people off was made by JPLs management and has nothing to do with the current government shutdown. This is the third round of layoffs at JPL in the last 18 months or so and is largely due to cuts and restructuring to planned missions like the Mars Sample Return.

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    2 months ago

    High level workers, it’s like Christmas for oversea companies. Keep forcing them to migrate because they’re definitely worth it.

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    2 months ago

    Mich easier to just write a cheque of money money to Elon. I hear he likes taking public money 💰💰💰.