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V850i

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14. They want a government shutdown, fits 2025 plans

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:20 AM

7 hrs ago

They want to government to shut down because it creates to the perfect reason to lay everyone off, no funding to keep them employed. They will then hire MAGA loyalists into every position in the government from the top to bottom. I believe that was a big part of project 2025.

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