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Joseph Mangano's avatar

I support the task force's goal of rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse. Let's start with the man in the Oval Office.

Jerry Bier's avatar

How bad is this if Chuck Grassley is against it? It's a travesty because the Republicans are willing to bring these people to the USA and give them free healthcare, access to food stamps, and, yes, even unemployment benefits. WTF?

When an American has lost a job or has fallen on hard times, they are told to "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", which makes me wonder what the underlying goal here is. Whatever it is, it won't be good for America or Americans.

foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Apparently that whole "bootstrap" thing (which I can imagine resulted in many broken noses) now ONLY applies to white males. (In time, I would expect the demographic of "Christian" to be added...

"Trump EEOC Chair's Makes Announcement Regarding White Males Who 'Experienced Discrimination At Work' "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G_ufoTdYXw

This woman is so DESPERATE to be a hater, that she's endorsing a program that will NEVER apply to her, as a woman.

Obviously, the "strategy" is to make employers afraid to hire anyone other than white males. The lawsuits are numerous already.

kdsherpa's avatar

("bootstrap" only applies to white males? Do you mean doesn't apply to white males?)

foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Actually, it doesn't apply anywhere now.

If you're a white male, you're basically guaranteed a job simply by asking. (And that's the point.)

If you're not a white male, you have to hope no white males applied for the job you did, simply for you to be considered, and that's mostly luck. (At least in the first stage. Then I suppose comes the "non-white males" competition, and knowing Trump, it may involve swimsuits.)

kdsherpa's avatar

I would LOL, except you know as well as I do that in reference to the sadistic pedophile, it's not funny.

kdsherpa's avatar

The goal is to put money in the pockets of wealthy American real estate developers, as far as I can figure it.

William McCann's avatar

Keith Sonderling's record does not inspire confidence. The cynicism of these trumpian losers knows no bounds.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Tell Stephen the Miller about this. His ugly head might blow off his repulsive body thus revealing a silver lining in all of this fraud, waste and corruption led by stalwart Republicans aka Opportunists.

Jim Carmichael's avatar

No end of schemes in this administration. The ugly American.

Brian Jordan's avatar

I hope Congress is paying attention. Could be a worthwhile confirmation hearing.

kdsherpa's avatar

Once Dems run the show, at least.

Wendymae's avatar

I'd love to see an investigation into how many people who bought those visas at Sonderling's urging ended up getting government assistance with Medicaid, SNAP etc, after coming here with half a mil or more. And I'm sure Grassley is fine with selling visas for 5 mil.

Mark Steinberg's avatar

Adding to the Cabinet of the Corrupt.

mark's avatar

Keith Sonderling's old job was to find and exploit loopholes. He wants his new job so that he can modify and enhance the use of loopholes for his paying customers.

Kathy Koblik's avatar

brilliant and timely exposee - thank you for doing the good work

keep throwing the seeds of truth - may they take root

Larry Carr (autocarr)'s avatar

Trump labor secretary nominee a perfect fit to his cabinet. “Sonderling participated in at least five speaking engagements touting EB-5 visas in China” proving once a swine always a swine…

Carol Gamm's avatar

They have no decency.

Bon's avatar

If MAGA ever got wind of this (which they won't because they have 2nd grade reading skills), the tops of their skills would blow off.

The entire trump regime is full of people who would literally try to sell the proverbial "ice to Eskimos."

They'd sell their grandmothers as slave labor to any buyer.

They'd sell their pre-schoolers to pedophiles.

Oh wait...

Not The First Time's avatar

Sounds like good old-fashioned corruption. Never an objection from the Trump camp. Good script for a movie (somebody let Don Jr and Eric know).

SCOTT BRIZARD's avatar

Just another day in the Administration from Hell.

Ann Sharon's avatar

It seems the regime is not so much interested in ending waste fraud & abuse as they are keeping out anyone who slows them down & any competitors in the dash for dollars.