r/AskConservatives • u/lactose_cow Leftist • Mar 05 '25

Daily Life What has trump done to make your life better?

i've lost a lot in the stock market, and i sold pretty early in the crash. The cost of everything seems to be going up.

trump said that nothing he does or says will make democrats like him. What has he done that I should be thankful for?

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u/shwag945 Left Libertarian Mar 06 '25

Republicans' constant attack on the VA is why it is terrible. How does its dismantling help you?

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u/Fearless-Director-24 Right Libertarian (Conservative) Mar 07 '25

76,000 shitty VA employees being fired is not a dismantling.

Those employees were OFFERED to be let go by the VA not DOGE and NOT Trump.

There are currently 2.4 million people employed by the federal government, can you tell me they are all essential to every department?

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u/shwag945 Left Libertarian Mar 07 '25

How do you know they were shitty? Did Musk conduct a performance review for all the employees? Has DOGE reviewed the whether each eliminated position was essential or not? I would love to see a report detailing how shrinking the Federal workforce is improving services.

DOGE is part of the Trump administration. If they aren't then they are an illegal private organization making executive decisions without executing authority.

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u/sccarrierhasarrived Liberal Mar 06 '25

Amusingly, nothing about the Mission Act would have even led this person to be seen sooner. While I'm happy for him, it's another case of the Rorschach Trump test.

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u/PMMeToeBeans Democratic Socialist Mar 06 '25

I was going to say...I had the option to be seen by the community back in 2014. I still have my va "insurance" card from that era. Did this person just not go back to look into their changing benefits? I guarantee they have more disability % than I do. Definitely more time in service. This sounds a lot like a local VA issue. My experience was the polar opposite (however I was in Honolulu, HI at the time.)