They are still largely subject to title 7 with some exceptions. And I do agree to a certain degree that it’s a perk/privilege of the person in power. But it’s not 4,000 people that are free of discrimination
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Those jobs go to people that are loyal to the party and/or campaign.... Generally need to have been active in some manner as a surrogate. Or have some history with the party coming into power. There are a LOT of these positions. Something like 4k+
That isn't the point. Are we not purists on hiring only the best? That is what people say, must hire "the best". If we are purists on hiring the best, the best 4000 are not going to be all R or all D ( heck, some of best will be I or L). But we are not hiring the best, we are hiring 4000 loyalists. They might be incompetent in every other way, but they can fundraise. How does that qualify them to be in the EPA?
I'm somewhat sympathetic about this. We should do more cross-party hiring. But we all know that the bureaucracy can act to stymie an executive's desires, so that has to be taken into account.
That is true. Fortunately those employees come with few protections.
But we agree hiring someone for political positions based on their help to the party IS happening today. So if the president believes a Black in a position helps the party, why is that worse than hiring a White for the same reason?
Rewarding someone for past political help hardly makes "best" a criteria being used. So people saying that are not looking at the positions being hired. The best are not being hired.
But he is more likely to work for Harris
Good argument. I agree with this. It's analogous to the college argument re legacies and donors. They each do it to incentivize raising money, because money makes the world go round.
LOL. Robert Reich is so jealous that Dimon is so much more successful than he is. What a small man.
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Rocks have little chance in this world.Whew, that's not just a word salad it's...
But I still think she has a better chance to win than Biden would have had.
It's 4k today. If Trump gets his way will be more like 25k.
Better than the spoils system that we used to have
It's gotten little publicity, but Harris has pledged to appoint a Republican to her Cabinet. It's not unusual; a Democrat has appointed a Pub as SecDef on several occasions.
The $30k is probably for things like being appointed to a board or commission, not full time job
I think it'd be beneficial if the two parties came to an understanding that every cabinet would contain a few members from the other party. Maybe engender some trust and cooperation among them.
If it’s the kind of Republicans I’m thinking of, I would rather a Democrat. Don’t need or want Kinzinger as DNI as some token of bi-partisanship.
Explain how you posted one of the most despicable things you could post about a man and it turned out to be completely bogus? Explain how you didn’t bother to acknowledge it was false? Explain how you have no shame about doing it? Is that what you’d like explained to you? You are now and forever a despicable, dishonest and dishonorable POS.
You don’t understand who is good and who is bad. Hint…Jamie Dimon is not good.
What do you mean by not good? Not a good person? Not good at understanding monetary policy and macroeconomics?
You crack me up. Love ya aloha, for your stupidity. Your comments on DANC should have had you banned for life. Dumbass
It doesn’t sound like you actually love him.
Not only are you a dishonorable POS it is hilarious you don’t realize you just aren’t smart. You may be slightly smarter than dbm, but that doesn’t get you out of the moron category.
He provides quite a bit of levity in my life. It makes me happy. I do love him for that.
Never claimed to be “smart”. And I’d be happy to be less smart than DBM. I respect what he puts down. Moron? C’mon man…glass houses and all.
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