• takeda@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Tried with EO, now that musk control payment system can’t he just now freeze payments for current federal employees and force them to quit?

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      4 hours ago

      Not legally, but it seems that he has the ability to stop payments from a techical perspective. The government has put employees on furlough before, but never during a time when money was appropriated by Congress. I would predict that it will cost much more in the longer run to simply shut down payments illegally than to go through Congress. I fear that Congress is on board with removing appropriated funds for no other reason than tribal loyalty to the leader of the cult of personality.