Saturday, August 30, 2025

The Horrors of Fighting Crime in the Nation's Capital

National Guard troops, activated to assist in fighting crime, are spending their days picking up litter with their bare hands, raking leaves and spreading mulch.

Being yanked away from their jobs and families for an emergency is one thing. Having that happen to do yard chores is quite another.

This should do wonders for both recruiting and retention.

4 comments:

  1. Declining morale from a don't give a shit leadership becoming contagious.


    Eck!

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  2. They fired the National Park Service employees who used to do those things.

    -Doug in Sugar Pine

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    1. Per the New York Post: "Those outdoor cleaning duties are usually undertaken by the National Park Service, per the report, which cited staffing cuts that reduced its workforce in DC from 200 landscaping workers down to 20."

      https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/scientists-forced-to-perform-humiliating-new-job-amid-trump-cuts/ar-AA1CO72E?ocid=ob-fb-frca-918

      "Following the firing of thousands of national park employees under Donald Trump's administration, park scientists are now being pulled from their research duties to clean hundreds of campground bathrooms."

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  3. The Park Service employees probably got paid more so now Trump can claim he is going to pay off the National Debt with the savings. Especially if he can figure how to stiff the NG out of their pay like he does contractors.
    "I'm saving the taxpayers billions."
    And the MAGA will eat it up and defend his actions.
    "Why do you libby's want to spend more of my tax money?"

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