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Trump orders White House to use all available funds to pay military while firing fed workers
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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Air traffic controllers can't strike but they can all quit.
It's not like there's a surplus of trained traffic controllers that could take over. They'd have to be rehired.
Reagan did this, it's part of why the system governing air traffic controllers sucks ass.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)
I’m sure we can just replace them with AI… shudders
Elon will convince Trump to use Tesla robots.