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They also used to have better-than-normal paid time off but non-govt companies have caught up on that, especially in the tech sector.

And they had a good 401k equivalent (403b) match, but again companies have caught up or surpassed this now.

Some of my old colleagues still work in govt and they have been MISERABLE for the past year and a half (return to office, DOGE/deferred resignations, chronic understaffing, and now this shutdown nonsense).

Hilariously, the actual Cyberpunk game would work for this. There’s a weapon in the game that’s just a giant dildo, and holding it causes your controller to rumble continuously.

So why are they not doing that right now?
Honest question.

Doesn’t it take 60 votes to end the filibuster (because the vote to end it would first be subject to it)?

They have to get a handful (5-7) of non-GOP votes in the Senate. That’s the source of the Dem’s only leverage right now.

Still, they flat-out refuse to negotiate at all, instead trying to strong-arm Dems into voting for a shit deal.

Look, the dude’s an asshole. He shouldn’t be on any talk show because his personal views are not worth listening to. But he has also sold 26 million albums, which is enough to count pretty much anyone as a “music legend”.

Now, he definitely is NOT a “music icon”.