r/Firefighting • u/JohannLandier75 Tennessee FF (Career) • Feb 08 '25

News Federal Hiring Freeze prevents on-boarding of wildland firefighters

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/us/firefighters-federal-hiring-freeze/index.html
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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

I can chime in. It’s Milton Friedmans version of capitalism get rid of the Feds except for a shell. Contract everything out, get rid of subsidies for the poor and boom the capitalist utopia. Milton Friedman taught Regan, Cheney and bush. Perfect example the never ending Iraq war with its millions of contractors.

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Sounds good to me, I did very well as an Iraq war contractor

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

The contractor buildup actually exacerbated problems in Iraq and got people killed but I’m glad dick Cheney made billions.

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Can you expand on that? because that wasn't my experience. Both as a federal employee and then as a contractor.

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

On the contractor problem getting people killed? Is that what you’re referring to?

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Whatever it is that your talking about

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

Okay here’s another history lesson for you. Shock and awe happened then the invasion. Saddam toppled. Thousands of civilians military aged and educated are now unemployed. Oh instead of hiring the local populace to fix roads and sewers etc. Let’s instead hire outside contractors on the US dollar. Said contractors submitted no bid contracts so they can charge the us tax payer as much as they want. Business get rich and contractors get a good wage but what about all those young men now unemployed I wonder what they are gonna do…..

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Thousands of civilians military aged and educated are now unemployed

Maybe they should have listened to me, because I'm one of them and it's worked out quite well.

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

You’re Iraqi?

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

No, blacki, why?

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

Then your argument is dumb I was talking about Iraqis

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Talking about Iraqis is dumb

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

Your micro bit of making money while contracting and somehow you think that’s a good way to run a government that deals with public service is crazy.

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Your micro bit of making money

Haha, yea, i'm sure you're doing great, that's why y'all are here in a panic. Good luck!

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

Doing just fine just not a selfish fuck. Own my shit beautiful family. Yup doing just fine I just care about my fellow man.

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Feb 09 '25

Doing just fine just not a selfish fuck

Except you are, that's why you would rather maintain this good ole boy establishment that has only made the poor poorer.

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u/BackgroundWallaby302 Feb 09 '25

So you think billionaires will come and fix poor people problems stop it bro you’re just being silly.

To establish my point since you can’t read. The fire department provides service whether you can pay or not. Contractors firefighters don’t operate like that.

On another end my point that it doesn’t work. Hasn’t worked in around 20 countries but you think it will work here yea ok.

Last point nobody cares that you went contracting that you made money doing it. That’s why people go no shit. Contracting working for a whole federal government no fuckin way.Just look up Halliburton and Cheney just so it’s demystified and look up the bang up job they did in Iraq.

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