President Donald Trump

[Mule 11]

I have thought since his first presidency that he was the best of them since The Great George Washington, with all he is doing for me and my family, I know I’m right…

[Goldie]

Mule My good fellow, you sure ain't wrong for damn sure (:

[DDZ]

Funny you mentioned that, fore I was thinking the same thing a few days ago.

[ironglow]

 So far...so good !

[gene_225]

The punishment for the USA is coming; anyone who is awake can see it already. Many have already been and will continue to be hurt by this administration. We do have it coming though it will hurt.

[Goldie]

The only thing I see is a bunch of low life liberals complaining about Trump's ability to show the waste and corruption of this country. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong tv screen your looking at. You lost me.

[gene_225]

How would you like to be one of those just hired folks in Alaska living paycheck to paycheck, just making rent and food for your three kids and now no money to pay rent and food and Dr. bills, etc. or move back to the lower states to bunk in with some family members. You don't think they are hurting? You must need new glasses.
President Musk went after the "low hanging fruit" first and probably in most cases those are the folks who are getting hurt the most right now. THINK.
PS, I don't watch TV and don't get reception. But I have spent more than one winter in Alaska and I wouldn't want to be in those folks' shoes.

[Goldie]

Then I would suggest they put down the joint, and start looking for another friggin job.

[GTS225]

How would you like to be one of those just hired folks in Alaska living paycheck to paycheck, just making rent and food for your three kids and now no money to pay rent and food and Dr. bills, etc. or move back to the lower states to bunk in with some family members. You don't think they are hurting? You must need new glasses.
President Musk went after the "low hanging fruit" first and probably in most cases those are the folks who are getting hurt the most right now. THINK.
PS, I don't watch TV and don't get reception. But I have spent more than one winter in Alaska and I wouldn't want to be in those folks' shoes.

Yup....it sucks.   BUT......how is it any different than any other position of employment in the private sector?  If the employer no longer needs a body to fill a position, that body gets dismissed, regardless of family, rent, food, or other personal needs.

Roger

[gene_225]

Then I would suggest they put down the joint, and start looking for another friggin job.

What gives you the right to say they are smoking grass? Do all or most or even many smoke grass? A pretty broad statement seems to me. They just made the mistake of accepting a job serving the people of the USA. I believe Drudge had an article, recently, saying that 600 new hires from the Forest Service were fired in Alaska. I guess they were pretty stupid to think working for the people of the USA was a good idea, but they need to work somewhere and for someone and they probably believed in the Forest Service goals. And someone needs to do the sale planning, the sale inspection to see that all the trees cut are paid for and that the roads and skid trails go where they are supposed to, etc. Insignificant details I suppose, but if it was your personal timber, I'll bet you would want someone to do that for you, right? Then there are those who also fight fires (that is most often new hies and summer hires) so the wildfires don't burn up the homes of folks like you and me. Again, insignificant jobs, I guess. Unless your house or mine get burned up in a wildfire. I know I wouldn't like it and probably you wouldn't either.

[Goldie]

Like I said it's time to get another job. What is so hard to figure that out? Life's hard, quit balling over spilled milk.

[ironglow]

How would you like to be one of those just hired folks in Alaska living paycheck to paycheck, just making rent and food for your three kids and now no money to pay rent and food and Dr. bills, etc. or move back to the lower states to bunk in with some family members. You don't think they are hurting? You must need new glasses.
President Musk went after the "low hanging fruit" first and probably in most cases those are the folks who are getting hurt the most right now. THINK.
PS, I don't watch TV and don't get reception. But I have spent more than one winter in Alaska and I wouldn't want to be in those folks' shoes.

  Extrapolate please.  Just who is getting hurt due to Trump's policies?  So far as I can see, there will be  afar better future for Alaskans once we
   are back to exploiting our petroleum reservoirs.

  Many members of my own extended family have made a good living since the pipeline was put in place, an some continue to make an excellent
   living in various ways.

  As the Trump plan takes hold, we should see a jobs boom in the ANWR project.  So; how has Trump hurt the working man in Alaska? 

   Please be speific, since I must be blissfully unaware of any move by Trump to hurt the average, working Alaskan.

[gene_225]

How would you like to be one of those just hired folks in Alaska living paycheck to paycheck, just making rent and food for your three kids and now no money to pay rent and food and Dr. bills, etc. or move back to the lower states to bunk in with some family members. You don't think they are hurting? You must need new glasses.
President Musk went after the "low hanging fruit" first and probably in most cases those are the folks who are getting hurt the most right now. THINK.
PS, I don't watch TV and don't get reception. But I have spent more than one winter in Alaska and I wouldn't want to be in those folks' shoes.

Anyone stupid enough to take a government job where they had to move has almost certainly put their own money into the move. Uncle isn't going to reimburse you for that because you didn't stay two years (that is what you have to do to get reimbursed for moving to Alaska) Would have bankrupted me had that happened when I took a government job in Alaska. You talk about benefits, but those won't show up for a while. How about those now unemployed because they were stupid enough to think working for the American people was an honorable occupation. I used to. But now it looks like that isn't true anymore, at least around here. AND remember those guys and gals on the bottom aren't the one who are accused of stealing the $ as far as I can tell, but losing a job is a big deal. I never lost one, but I have seen others and the damage to the family is significant. But clearly, anyone stupid enough to work for the American people deserves that, right?

I'm done with this one. Anyone who can't see the problems needs to lose a job they just got and see how much it hurts their family.

  Extrapolate please.  Just who is getting hurt due to Trump's policies?  So far as I can see, there will be  afar better future for Alaskans once we
   are back to exploiting our petroleum reservoirs.

  Many members of my own extended family have made a good living since the pipeline was put in place, an some continue to make an excellent
   living in various ways.

  As the Trump plan takes hold, we should see a jobs boom in the ANWR project.  So; how has Trump hurt the working man in Alaska? 

   Please be speific, since I must be blissfully unaware of any move by Trump to hurt the average, working Alaskan.

[Mule 11]

How would you like to be one of those just hired folks in Alaska living paycheck to paycheck, just making rent and food for your three kids and now no money to pay rent and food and Dr. bills, etc. or move back to the lower states to bunk in with some family members. You don't think they are hurting? You must need new glasses.
President Musk went after the "low hanging fruit" first and probably in most cases those are the folks who are getting hurt the most right now. THINK.
PS, I don't watch TV and don't get reception. But I have spent more than one winter in Alaska and I wouldn't want to be in those folks' shoes.

Anyone stupid enough to take a government job where they had to move has almost certainly put their own money into the move. Uncle isn't going to reimburse you for that because you didn't stay two years (that is what you have to do to get reimbursed for moving to Alaska) Would have bankrupted me had that happened when I took a government job in Alaska. You talk about benefits, but those won't show up for a while. How about those now unemployed because they were stupid enough to think working for the American people was an honorable occupation. I used to. But now it looks like that isn't true anymore, at least around here. AND remember those guys and gals on the bottom aren't the one who are accused of stealing the $ as far as I can tell, but losing a job is a big deal. I never lost one, but I have seen others and the damage to the family is significant. But clearly, anyone stupid enough to work for the American people deserves that, right?

I'm done with this one. Anyone who can't see the problems needs to lose a job they just got and see how much it hurts their family.

  Extrapolate please.  Just who is getting hurt due to Trump's policies?  So far as I can see, there will be  afar better future for Alaskans once we
   are back to exploiting our petroleum reservoirs.

  Many members of my own extended family have made a good living since the pipeline was put in place, an some continue to make an excellent
   living in various ways.

  As the Trump plan takes hold, we should see a jobs boom in the ANWR project.  So; how has Trump hurt the working man in Alaska? 

   Please be speific, since I must be blissfully unaware of any move by Trump to hurt the average, working Alaskan.

Good riddance, if I want to hear bleeding heart bullsquat I’ll watch msn…

    Next crybaby

[ironglow]

Pres Trump held his first cabinet meeting today..and opened with prayer, said by Scott Turner, secretary of HUD.. !

  BTW..Gene_225:
     I wasn't making light of you, I am genuinely interested in how any of Pres Trump's actions have made life more difficult for the
  average working Alaskan!

  Perhaps if you would explain specifically, what case you arte referring to, I could understand better.

  Surely, now that he has opened offshore drilling and is about to open ANWR to drilling, that should help Alaskans greatly.

  Such operations will bring much prosperity to AK..just as it did with the original pipeline.

   On the original pipeline, my brother went to AK and was one of the top mechanics for the diesel equipment on the line.  His sons, those old
    enough to work, made great wages.  One in diesel mechanics and another working at auxillary jobs, operating heavy equipment.

  His eldest son, when the pipeline was finished, got his pilot's license and became a far ranging diesel mechanic.  When some group, somewhere in
   Alaska was stymied with a diesel repair problem..he would fly to that location and help with his expertise. Later; took a position with the Alaska
  government, teaching natives mechanical skills.  He is retired now, and living back here..

  My brother-in-law drove the ice road during construction..and when the job was done, started his own small trucking company, running grocery
    produce between Fairbanks and Seattle.  Sadly, he and my sister have both passed.

  If the Dems don't keep throwing roadblocks and the drilling starts there..there will be plenty of non oil field jobs in sales and service industries..

 Restaurants, hardwares, clothing, hotel and other service jobs, just to mention a few.

  So, tell me..what kind of work was your friend put out of by way of Pres Trump's actions in office thus far ?

[Bob Riebe]

Trump is human, there will be items that some will heavily disagree with, NO president has been perfect for every one.

He is throwing the baby out with the bathwater at times it seems but when  a country has sild as far down the hole of crap as this one has, that is inevitable.

[Goldie]

Everytime I go to the VA health center I totally get sick to my stomach with the low life government workers that work there. Sure there is a few good doctors and nurses but the biggest majority of office people I see there are totally worthless. Same as going to any government building and observing the workforce be it federal or state government. If Trump and president musk as you say gets rid of these parasites then good riddance.

[DDZ]

These government workers that are being fired wouldn't have go fired if they were doing their job, or at least attempting to do their job. They were basically stealing money from tax payers, not much different than corrupt politicians stealing tax payers money. Relating it to the private sector. Companies don't put up with people that do a poor job, no matter their financial stability.

[ironglow]

OK..it took me a while, but I finally searched it out, that Gene was talking about government workers, when he mentioned the "just hired"  folks.

  I guess when you mentioned Alaska specifically..it took a bit to figure out..

  I doubt there are many people who are Alaskans recently hired by the feds.  In any case, such a person should have given some thought to
   the fact of a possible or even likely administration cvhange in Washington.

   Quite frankly, federal hires in Alaska in the last few months would be small, and anyone starting in the last year would be low enough on th etotem
    pole, so they would not likely be hurt.

   DOGE isn't simply firing every government employee, so there is  no sure answer to this question.

  Did you show the same concern for pipeline workers on the Keystone, when Biden fired them all on his first day ?
 
   How about the many small, Mom & Pop gun stores that have been shuttered by the Biden bunch?

    ....And the auto workers who have been laid off, in favor of Chinese cars and components?  The fast food workers whoi have been displaced by automation ?

  Frankly, when we see how USAID, the IRS and the military for instance, have wasted our tax money...it's not hard to figure out why the major
   part of Americans want Musk to continue just what he is doing.

   Trump's first cabinet meeting was held earlier this week. The department heads were all there of course.... departments of the interior, military,
  environment, IRS, trade etc.

   Elon was given time to speak ,and he outlined how he was going to go through each of their departments, cutting spending.

  He was given a solid round of applause by all those cabinet members...  That was unique, and exciting to see...

  Never saw it done before...