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FakeNoose

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14. It's an economic fact of life ... it's never just about firing federal employees

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2025, 10:43 AM

May 27

It's also ending EVERYTHING those former federal employees were supporting with their paychecks: spouses, children, local schools and communities, local real estate, grocery stores where they shop, the gas stations, bakeries, dry cleaners and other local services they frequently support, and on and on.

Doesn't matter whether it's a red state or a blue state. When the federal paychecks stop, so does the money that flows through the local economy.

When will the MAGAs finally get it?

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