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> Critics argue the offer is illegal, there's no real guarantee people will get paid out, and it's something Congress would need to authorize. Give then histor

> Critics argue the offer is illegal, there's no real guarantee people will get paid out, and it's something Congress would need to authorize. Give then history of this particular admistration & business', I personally wouldn't be too confident in actually getting paid up to Sept.

iancmceachern 2y ago
Totally, all those Twitter people that never saw it...
Molitor5901 2y ago
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- thesuperbigfrog 2y ago
  >> Congress technically already authorized it when it approved the FY 2025 budget. That's why they are getting paid to September. That money was already approved and appropriated by congress, signed into law, and is the budget for that agency. They're spending that money how congress directed them to, but in a way congress likely never anticipated. No money has been appropriated beyond March 14th. "the promise to pay employees beyond Mar. 14 is unauthorized. The Anti-Deficiency Act prohibits an agency from entering a contract 'before any appropriation is made unless authorized by law.' The deferred resignation program offers employees pay that is not currently appropriated. Current appropriations will expire on Mar. 14th and, therefore, agencies currently lack the legal authority to agree to pay employees beyond this date." Source: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/will-employees-who-resign-have-a-remedy https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/will-employees-who-resi...
- Jtsummers 2y ago
  There was no FY 2025 budget. It's all CRs again, currently through 14 March.
- skovati 2y ago
  Congress hasn't actually agreed on a FY2025 budget though right? We're just running on Continuing Resolutions currently. So the budget is actually subject to change when this CR runs out March 14th.
- dekhn 2y ago
  Multiple people have pointed that you are factually incorrect, so probably best to stop repeating this in comments across the post.
- tstrimple 2y ago
  In addition to what the others have stated regarding the 2025 budget being locked... Congress also authorized a lot of the things being ransacked right now like USAID. The rule of law seems to offer very little real protections here. So much of the US government is run on precedent and tradition and is incredibly vulnerable (as we're finding out) to folks who give zero fucks about precedent and tradition. Unfortunately the Democratic Party is still completely beholden to those precedents and traditions and have absolutely no clue how to handle opponents who don't.
tdeck 2y ago
One key difference is that those businesses had to pay with Trump's money. While these employees will be paid with our money.
- mcmcmc 2y ago
  That doesn’t matter. Trump gets off on cheating people to get a “win”.
- bongodongobob 2y ago
  Elon and his little pawns are in the Treasury dept computers right now.
- margalabargala 2y ago
  From his perspective, is there a difference?

iancmceachern 2y ago

Totally, all those Twitter people that never saw it...

Molitor5901 2y ago

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thesuperbigfrog 2y ago
>> Congress technically already authorized it when it approved the FY 2025 budget. That's why they are getting paid to September. That money was already approved and appropriated by congress, signed into law, and is the budget for that agency. They're spending that money how congress directed them to, but in a way congress likely never anticipated. No money has been appropriated beyond March 14th. "the promise to pay employees beyond Mar. 14 is unauthorized. The Anti-Deficiency Act prohibits an agency from entering a contract 'before any appropriation is made unless authorized by law.' The deferred resignation program offers employees pay that is not currently appropriated. Current appropriations will expire on Mar. 14th and, therefore, agencies currently lack the legal authority to agree to pay employees beyond this date." Source: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/will-employees-who-resign-have-a-remedy https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/will-employees-who-resi...
Jtsummers 2y ago
There was no FY 2025 budget. It's all CRs again, currently through 14 March.
skovati 2y ago
Congress hasn't actually agreed on a FY2025 budget though right? We're just running on Continuing Resolutions currently. So the budget is actually subject to change when this CR runs out March 14th.
dekhn 2y ago
Multiple people have pointed that you are factually incorrect, so probably best to stop repeating this in comments across the post.
tstrimple 2y ago
In addition to what the others have stated regarding the 2025 budget being locked... Congress also authorized a lot of the things being ransacked right now like USAID. The rule of law seems to offer very little real protections here. So much of the US government is run on precedent and tradition and is incredibly vulnerable (as we're finding out) to folks who give zero fucks about precedent and tradition. Unfortunately the Democratic Party is still completely beholden to those precedents and traditions and have absolutely no clue how to handle opponents who don't.

tdeck 2y ago

One key difference is that those businesses had to pay with Trump's money. While these employees will be paid with our money.

mcmcmc 2y ago
That doesn’t matter. Trump gets off on cheating people to get a “win”.
bongodongobob 2y ago
Elon and his little pawns are in the Treasury dept computers right now.
margalabargala 2y ago
From his perspective, is there a difference?