WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Oct 27, 2020

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<v Speaker 1>The Washington Post is furious about an executive order President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump just signed. It creates a new schedule for federal workers.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like no big deal, but that would be wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>The Post editorial board says this is one of President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's most insidious executive orders. They call it an assault

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<v Speaker 1>on the civil service. Here's why they're losing their minds.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's new executive order gives him more flexibility to control

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<v Speaker 1>the huge civil service bureaucracy. Until now, career employees were

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<v Speaker 1>so firmly embedded into the bureaucracy that they've been almost

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<v Speaker 1>impossible to get rid of. And a lot of these

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<v Speaker 1>bureaucrats are members of the deep state or the shadow government. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the Washington Post calls these burrowed and bureaucrats the federal

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<v Speaker 1>government's greatest strength, which is a laugh. The editors worry

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<v Speaker 1>that tens of thousands of workers, including managers, lawyers, economists,

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<v Speaker 1>and even scientists. Scientists, yeah, could find their jobs on

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<v Speaker 1>the chopping block if they're rated poor performers. To Washington

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<v Speaker 1>as liberals, firing poor performers is insidious. It's an assault

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<v Speaker 1>on precious civil service bureaucrats. But to most Americans, who

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<v Speaker 1>don't have that kind of artificial job protection. This isn't

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<v Speaker 1>an assault, and it isn't insidious. It's just the way

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<v Speaker 1>business operates on merit. Getting rid of these government parasites

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<v Speaker 1>is yet another Trump promise kept. This is what draining

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<v Speaker 1>the swamp looks like. Folks, learn it, love it, live it.