Summary
David Lebryk, the longest-serving career official at the U.S. Treasury, is resigning after a conflict with Elon Musk’s allies over access to a key government payment system.
Musk’s team has sought control of the system, which distributes $6 trillion annually in Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries, and other payments.
Traditionally, only career officials handle it.
Lebryk’s departure raises concerns, as he served under multiple administrations, including Trump’s, and was widely respected for his nonpartisan leadership.
His exit signals growing instability in financial governance.
Stop fucking resigning and just handing all this shit over to this nazi
But this is the shit that America has voted for.
It’s been writ large since 2016.
And America wanted more of it.
So if I was a career politician, and I saw this bullshit voted in twice, yeh. I’d quit as soon as it was against my ethos. Clearly my ethos isn’t aligned with what Americans want.
If you take into account the voter suppression we def didn’t
Most Americans don’t pay attention.
It’s what we deserve as a country, but very few people actually wanted this
Perhaps,now they will?
“But but their lives and their families! What about the threats they’ll deal with! They could end up killed like in Russia!”
And if not a single one of these motherfuckers makes that kind of sacrifice it will be just like Russia here in the US.
It’s not nice to have to make that kind of sacrifice, but we the people are not in positions to do so. These people took these positions and an OATH OF OFFICE to protect the United States Consitution.
This is an outright abdication of that responsibility because it might be hard for them and their families.
I’m sure all the people who get lined up to be executed against the wall will really understand that they just needed to protect themselves and their families, right? Like you guys totally don’t deserve that, only us in positions of power do.
Further, if they think rolling over is going to stop the harassment and abuse, they’re fucking fools.
I’m sick of the defenses everyone gives each one of these chuckefucks that just rolls over.
Why the fuck did you want a Federal job if you didn’t give a damn about the future of the country enough to stand for it you worthless fucks?
I have fucking cancer, god damn it I wish I was in a position where such a sacrifice wouldn’t be in fucking vain.
(To any idiots out there, yes, Luigi’s actions were in fucking vain assholes so don’t say it)
I mean… because it comes with a paycheck?
I’m not sure why you think everyone with a federal government job is motivated by patriotism.
I mean, I understand that to an extent, they are very stable jobs, but you have to literally take an oath of office to get the job.
https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdfimage/sf61.pdf
I might not believe in god, but I do believe in keeping promises, and it’s why I’ve never approached a job that required such an oath myself. That and the fact that I have never had that kind of faith in the US government. But I’d like to believe if you did have the kind of faith in it, to get a job in the government, that you would take your oath seriously. Maybe that makes me naive, but the reality is at some point someone has to make some kind of sacrifice to stop people like Trump.
Biden and the Democrats weren’t willing to sacrifice their principles and fight dirty, and here we are. As things progress, the sacrifices made to succeed get larger and larger. It’s not nice, but it’s reality.
I only wish I could have had that kind of faith in the US government. Because it would have been nice to stand for something instead of feeling like only good things we can stand for we have to cobble together on our own.
I would bet for a lot of people, a government oath means as much to them as agreeing to an EULA.
Yeah it’s all pretty silly. This guy is known for being nonpartisan and fools are demanding he suddenly be partisan. How about treating him like he isn’t an actual person and sympathizing that his career is ending.
Being nonpartisan in a democratic country means protecting democracy.
He’s a coward and got his, then got out.
He’s the kind of individualist this country is designed to produce
Well I’ll be the idiot.
I think it’s hard to say that it was in vain. I feel like it demonstrated some important points clearly:
If it was going to have true impact it needed to be followed up by more incidents and copycats. Without that it’s only a nudge, and maybe not a wake-up call, let alone the full-on revolution that may be needed to force change. (Not speaking of political overthrow of the government, that’s a whole other topic)
Luigi may not have been the pebble that launched an avalanche but neither was he nothing.
They’re not saying that you’re an idiot for believing that, they’re warning against anyone suggesting that they follow in his (alleged) footsteps.
Give it time.
Big, tough words from another armchair revolutionist. It’s easy to tell other people to put themselves and their families in harm’s way when your “contribution” to the fight amounts to screaming at clouds. You call other people fools when you’ve thoroughly fooled yourself into believing that all your anger and hate in internet forums is comparable to real sacrifice.
What are you, 12? Working for the feds doesn’t mean you signed up to defend anyone or anything.
Yeah, it’s been a major disappointment seeing how utterly cowardly Americans are. Europeans take to the streets for far less.
To be fair, when Europeans take to the streets their government sometimes listens.
When Americans take to the streets, we don’t get anything but get our eye sockets broken by rubber bullets and tear gas grenades.
https://reason.com/2021/05/14/he-lost-his-eye-after-a-cop-allegedly-fired-a-tear-gas-canister-at-his-face-the-officer-says-he-has-qualified-immunity/
Be like the other Georgia: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crmnw3npke0o
Come join the fight then.
Thankfully I don’t live in that godforsaken country, so no thanks. I’m plenty busy with the government up here to prevent things from deteriorating as far as they did in the declining empire down south.
Then you might be advised to keep your accelerationist opinions to yourself and leave us to our work.
I’ve seen no mass movement whatsoever, but it’s possible I missed it somehow.
On point.
Damn. I hope you get the best outcome possible.
I know exactly what you’re talking about, I have been poked and prodded by those idiots pretty much any time I post about how hopeless I have felt in certain moments during the past few months. I am not going to comment on his alleged actions but people going around encouraging others to copycat is not the way, it’s harmful and disrespectful.