Pete Hegseth

No.

Mostly not.

Because of course the bureaucracy fought against it in every single way.

All the government unions came out against it, even though it was passed.

It was used in some very narrow instances.

But for the most part, especially under Biden, they've brought all the civil service protections against the law, by the way, the law states you can fire.

They just choose not to because even all the political appointees abide by the rules of the unions.

And so they want to play nice.

And so even though they could expedite firings of VA officials who are, I don't know, like watching porn at work or like not serving vets in a timely manner, they usually don't.

So it's the right thing to do.

I think it could be reapplied under Trump very effectively, frankly, across government, but most importantly at the VA.

But in the hands of Democrats, they're not doing anything with it.

Well, I did as of... Not anymore.

I'm out now.

Well, it's a permanent feeding trough.

And, you know, you see of high-paying jobs and stable jobs that you can't be fired from with an upper echelon of brass numbering and the thousands that get paid

more than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

And they're great, easy, comfy jobs, many of which are now remote even at the VA.

Since COVID, they've never come back.

And then the problem is it's a feedback loop.