Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“‘The White House budget office,’ CNN reports, ‘is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government shutdown’ …. The headline characterizes Trump’s latest move as a ‘threat’ intended to encourage Democrats to capitulate, and dissident Republicans to get back on side, in the latest fight over government spending. Threat? Maybe to Democrats who can’t bear the thought of any reduction, in any government function, ever. Maybe to Republicans who have pet programs they know would be affected by ‘reductions in force.’ The rest of us should reply as Br’er Rabbit did to Br’er Fox’s threat to cook him and eat him: ‘Oh, Br’er Fox, I don’t care what you do with me, so long as you just don’t throw me in that briar patch over there.'” (09/25/25)