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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by curtis3389 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:33PM (#38957619)
If they set it in motion and say they'll stop it before it causes pain, they have no intention of stopping it. Sequestration in 2013 was a solution to a political problem. Nobody wants to be blamed.
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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by bobthepanda on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:58PM (#38958073)
This particular set of regulations was from the Trump tax cuts, which were passed by reconciliation and had to be "budget neutral" as a result.
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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by bcrosby95 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:34PM (#38958614)
Achieving budget neutrality with a policy that won't come into effect for 5 years, that people expect to be negated, is an "interesting" hack.
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Re:Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees by fauntle on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:59PM (#38958974)
...and that will come to fruition during a subsequent administration. It was one of the many time bombs set up to make the opposing party look worse come election time.
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