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@Raiders22

 Like your comrade above, I answered every one of your comments. I do not have to answer who if not Musk, that is a dead end question. I do not think a single person or body makes for a good analysis of the real problem. So why would I answer a question you asked which serves no purpose? I disagree with this entire enterprise, I do not want another singular or small group doing this, that is your approach not mine.

Thank you for the repeated deflection on answering what I asked YOU..nice and condescending of you as usual.

@kcblitzkrieg

 Read my replies they are right here...you didnt and that is your choice.

When Trump was elected I yanked out about 80% of my risk assets from long term retirement accounts, today I put about 20% back into risk mutual funds.

@Raiders22

 You bury me in paper with a thousand interrogative retorts then lose your own messages to know what I am stating like 5 times. Post 193 

Ask questions that spark conversation and discord and be concise not buck shot all over the place with loaded questions. I answer a solid percentage of your barrage given that you are poor at making conversation and great at burying me with partisan conjecture.

@kcblitzkrieg

 How do you draw that conclusion? If I am not in favor of land mine project 2025 politics then I do not consider there to be a problem? Good logic.

If you read my verbose extremely long sleepy replies you would not make these kind of replies because I say the exact opposite yet somehow you do not see it.

@Raiders22

 You answered a question with unqualified data, I asked for more than a set of numbers as I am not interested in blind unqualified data. A discussion is best suited by providing detail and context, especially coming from you. As you demand excess you must be better than what you demand and in the case of that data dump you failed miserably.

The thing about the data is I know it is flawed, I am not some doobie you can data dump and then parade around in victory so sorry that you cannot bully me with silly blind expert garbage and data dumping, that schtick fails with Trump-esque flying colors.

For someone who types so much you really do a mediocre job regarding discord and discussion, you like to throw down and intimidate then talk down to people as if you are superior when this approach shows you are either unable or unwilling to have actual discussion. If I wanted a king of the hill data battle I will still not come to you but it is obvious you lean on unqualified data and faceless experts to intimidate.

So clarify and qualify your data dump above, or just keep deflecting and avoid the pain you will experience when you actually have to compare similar conditions and not just throw out some generalized useless data figures.

@Raiders22

 You answered with no detail or analysis, if I wanted some numbers I could type them myself. If you want to compare groups please do so with more than blank numbers as this promotes discussion. Posting partisan comparison to validate some current issues is weak. Lets have discussion and discord not phantom pocket experts and numbers with no context or details.

Do better...for someone who demands an expose to validate your messages are not meeting the mark.

@THEMUGG

 Nope I went to the local DMV office not the extra pay places, I understand the differences and I have two offices within 10 minutes of where I live.

So your solution to a problem is to blow it up? You have HR and RIF experience so is this how you have gone about making all the numerous private or public companies better with your expertise by just randomly axing peoples job? This is your solution and it is lazy useless and unproductive.

I have a different perspective regarding a reorganization and my approach is to make things better, to build and develop people not axe them without any understanding of what they do or what the expectation should be, how they measure up and what could be done to help them and to praise and develop them.

Your side is so punitive and punishing in their approach, but given the draconian abusive leader you forwarded this makes perfect sense. I guess it is lucky that Trump speaks but does not follow what comes out of his mouth, he said that if a POTUS was in office and the stock market was down 1k he should be fired...yeah good ole Trump loves to kick everyone else and give himself all the outs. Talk about accountability and leading by example, we are so fortunate to have a zero ego dictator in chief.

Please re-read my original reply, what the crap are you comparing? Can you give comprehensive comparisons with detail and insight? I am not interested in some numbers you tossed up there without context. Please resubmit your research with more detail and clarity for a proper response. I am very disappointed with this poor submission lacking detail and analysis, you can do better than this. For someone who demands a dissertation response, this stuff is way beneath your requirements...do better.

@BigGame90

 That reply is so crazy I am not even sure where to start. A government employee does not need to work 45 hours a week, how is this a standard you think is reasonable? They work 40 hours a week in a different format, there is no lazy there is no take advantage they work 40 hours standard that everyone else does. Ive worked 10s before with a flex day every other week it is not out of the ordinary you just did not understand this and now you do and you should move on.

The technology issue is more complex than you think, how much data is there that the older systems are holding and storing? The DVM has 75 years of data on it and their systems are never state of the art due to cost and implementation, the government is very slow to upgrade technology on the customer facing front because of cost and time. Why is it that you conclude that a time delay is due to inefficiency? Have you worked there? Is your experience the only experience that exists? Maybe there is turnover or a problem that you are unaware of, maybe instead of pounding sand you could waltz down there and find out what the problem is with a pleasant open demeanor rather than some old codger throwing temper around, you might actually find out information that would give perspective.

The last vehicle I purchased was a used Honda and I properly filled out my title forms, had all the items I needed and I went off peak, i was in and finished in 15 minutes, I got the new title in 2 weeks. Down here we have emissions testing on all vehicles and I go off peak usually I am done in 30 minutes, I do my vehicle tax work online and I get my new sticker in less than a week. I do not share your view on the DMV and I do not share your view on government workers being lazy and for sure I do not share your view that these dropouts are making anything better, if you dislike long wait times these actions are going to make things much much worse.

@Rush51

 Amazon is not delivering to every address in the US every day, nor is the USPS charging a yearly fee for service nor is Amazon available to every US location the way that the USPS is.

Capitalism works when it can function for a profit at a reasonable scale, the comparison of Amazon and the USPS is just odd, not even close to the same nor is there a mandate for Amazon to run a route to every single address 6 days a week and some areas 7.

There is a reason that UPS or Amazon has not taken over residential mail service, they have no interest and it would fail miserably. Where would those two have local service centers like the USPS? I live in a heavy metro area and Amazon has a shipping center but not a service facility and UPS has ONE service center for a three city zone. I have no idea how you are trying to compare those organizations it makes no sense when the characteristics and limitations are not the same.

@Raiders22

 You are leaning on the private vs government, is this the only retort you have because I have not at any time tried to compare the two and for good reason...they are so dissimilar it is silly to try and compare.

It would be like comparing service at Jack in the Box to Mortons...well both are serving food why is it that the service at JIB is so brutal and food quality so bad when at other FOOD places it is so different and better?

Your logic stops when you force a narrative with more characteristics which are dissimilar than are similar. I guess you have one thing that is similar, private sector is people working and government sector is people working, there you go a solid correlation right there.

So two months in and you compare what to what here?

Thanks for the figures and no context, you are not making the grade with this presentation, try again.

@Raiders22

 Do you have RIF or HR experience? Given your answer that is a NO...they are not doing any of what you are laughingly suggesting, nor would taking past data from the cruddy government be of any help right? Since these guys are dead weight and useless why would you take data from that source?

@Rush51

 If the DMV were private (I think in some states it might be) the cost would be much higher as the government funds the DMV, I do not think that a private firm would be able to or should have access to private data and do so in a more cost effective and efficient manner. It is like saying UPS could take over USPS, it is just a laugher at best due to scale and requirements.

If we want a better DMV then that comes at a cost and who wants higher costs? Not too many.

@Raiders22

 Of course Musk knows what he is doing because you say so...I will pass on this schtick you use, just because you say so does not make it so. I do not agree with your contention on Musk in the slightest but I will not require a dissertation from you to have a conversation, thats how great of a person I am.

The quote you gave in the comment above was of course twisted by you yet again, the context was that an analysis from those kids has not been done, that is the context. An HR analysis has not been done, they have not taken the time to create a job requirements and measurement of performance for each job let alone any and as per what I said in the word salads before this is the proper way to do a fair and accurate and meaningful RIF and that takes time and analysis, they are not seeking to make the government better they have followed the project 2025 agenda and taken a chainsaw to departments which do not have lobby and PAC representation to protect them, they are the zero faceless low paying jobs which have no impact on spending and are nothing more than talking points to erroneously brag about in social media as we have seen.

@Raiders22

 Notice that I qualified my words very carefully, I did not and have not compared government workers to private sector for a VERY good reason. The concept of mean and standard deviation is what I used so if you are trying to disprove what I said please make sure to understand the parameters I am ONLY using.

In the pool of private sector employees or government employees, fast food employees, homebuilder trade employees whatever the group is there is a mean and there are standard deviations. If this is the poor logic Musk is using no wonder he is messing it up, he lacks context and the group he allegedly is in charge of analyzing. What a shock, Musk lacks the ability to properly assess the situation, I am just beyond speechless.

@BigGame90

 Ive thought Musk is a jerk for a long long time, Ive followed Tesla from the first day of trading in the markets and I have a decent grasp of his management style and the way he lies to push features of his product and takes advantage of his so-called technology while rarely if never meeting time targets that he himself sets.

As for the DMV, I have a completely different spin on it than you do and my conclusion is almost polar opposite of yours. Ive had to go there many times over the years and have gone to several different state DMV offices as Ive lived in several states and most all are the same in their dynamic and the flaws that exist. You see the DMV as a sign that the people are lazy and take advantage that it is some scheme and ploy. I see the DMV as a microcosm of any group of people and the dynamic of those individuals along with the fact that they are UNDER staffed and their technology is so far behind and then you add the demand of being customer facing it makes 100% sense to me.

Ive worked many years in customer facing positions and it is the most difficult mentally draining job anyone could ever have for many reasons. Dealing with the public on its own is miserable even on the best day, people are demanding and abusive they lack sympathy and understanding and are impossible to please in general. That is on a good day. Then you add that people who visit the DMV need to have certain things done in certain order with specific guidelines and requirements in order to make the tasks required complete and legal. To obtain a DL you have to fill out forms and provide proof etc etc and it has to be done a certain way or it cannot be legally issued and it is a PITA to do the same remedial task over and over knowing that people are going to mess things up and be frustrated with the worker for their lack of comprehension and frustration waiting then needing to do things over. Same goes with title transfer or sale of a vehicle or if a license is suspended to get it right again.

I have 100% sympathy and understanding for DMV workers because Ive worked customer facing jobs and I know that these people are in high stress jobs for low pay and have to deal with idiots day in and out and be abused often by the rude jerks which exist in society.

Last thing, you are flawed in your friday example...in the government employees sometimes CAN choose to work 10 hour days and then get every other friday OFF but it is not OFF they are working 45 hours a week getting alternate fridays off. It is flawed conclusions like this which people have and are 100% wrong and very judgmental which leads to weak observations and flawed narratives.

@KellyM_1964

 Cant say there is a winning approach to these town halls because the citizens are upset from the mess Trump is creating and the abusive way Musk is going about this government low wage job cutting and then the rep cant agree with the citizens because if they do then the heavy handed thug Trump will make a vendetta to run them out of office so there is no way out of the situation and I think we are seeing that these reps will take citizen abuse over Trump draconian flogging and them being out of office for not following the TNC narrative.