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This seems to be happening at a local state employer. Basically, it's a way to extract some dollars from the feds and put it in the state's coffers. Not sure
by downerending 6y ago
This seems to be happening at a local state employer. Basically, it's a way to extract some dollars from the feds and put it in the state's coffers. Not sure how to feel about that, or if it really matters.
- dvtrn 6y agoNot sure how to feel about that, or if it really matters. Speculation incoming: I would think it'd matter to whatever incumbent power at the state level gets called out on it and has to answer to angry constituents wondering why their government allowed a local agency to effectively squat on usable Federal dollars. takes off rose-tinted glasses, remembers he lives in Illinois Hey wait a minute
- MattGaiser 6y agoMy provincial government openly did this. They laid off all sorts of workers to put them onto the federal books.
- Overtonwindow 6y agoThe point of a business is to make money and cut costs.
- claudiulodro 6y ago> My provincial government
- vkou 6y agoSome politicians campaign on a platform of running government like a business. Although most of the time, what they mean by that is much worse. Your federal government can print money, your province can't. It's much better for your province to have the same loan on the federal books, than it is on theirs.