Re: JD Vance unloads on Obama and Biden's denial of white air-traffic controllers because of the color of their skin

"P. Coonan" <[email protected]> wrote in news:XnsB27ABC34F2362002CE8@
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> On 02 Feb 2025, pothead <[email protected]> posted some
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> On 2025-02-02, John Smyth <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> ''That is a scandal': JD Vance unloads on Obama and Biden's denial of
>>> white air-traffic controllers 'because of the color of their skin'
>>>
>>> 'It means we don't have the best and the brightest sometimes in these
>>> positions. But even more importantly than that, even when we do get
>>> really good people, they're going to be way overstressed''
>>>
>>><https://www.wnd.com/2025/02/that-is-a-scandal-jd-vance-unloads-on-
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>>>a-and-bidens-denial-of-white-air-traffic-controllers-because-of-the-
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>>>or-of-their-skin/> 
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>>><https://x.com/worldnetdaily/status/1886078277636296754>
>>>
>>> 'PALM BEACH, Florida – Vice President JD Vance is doubling down on
>>> President Donald's Trump's suggestion that woke hiring policies of
>>> the Obama and Biden administrations may have been factors in the
>>> deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and a military
>>> helicopter that killed 67 people at Ronald Reagan Washington National
>>> Airport last week.
>>>
>>> Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo, Vance
>>> explained: "Here's the specific way in which I think the DEI policies
>>> of the last administration, the Obama administration contributed to
>>> where we are.
>>>
>>> "We have a massive shortage of air-traffic controllers and, in fact,
>>> there have been a number of lawsuits from people who would like to
>>> become air-traffic controllers against the Obama and Biden
>>> administration who basically said we were told not even to the apply
>>> because of the color of our skin, because they were white people who
>>> wanted to be air-traffic controllers, and under the DEI regime of the
>>> Biden administration, they weren't welcome.
>>>
>>> "What does that mean? Number one, it means we don't have the best and
>>> the brightest sometimes in these positions. But even more importantly
>>> than that, even when we do get really good people, they're going to
>>> be way overstressed because they're working long hours, because
>>> air-traffic controllers are short staffed.
>>>
>>> "And we have known going back years … I was on the Commerce
>>> Committee in the Senate. We knew for years that we had a shortage at
>>> air-traffic control.
>>>
>>> "Well, part of the reason why we had a shortage at air-traffic
>>> control is because we were telling our air-traffic controllers not to
>>> hire people because of the color of their skin. That is a scandal,
>>> and it is a scandal, thankfully, that has stopped under the
>>> leadership of President Trump.
>>>
>>> "It's why I'm actually optimistic about aviation safety, but it's
>>> also why we've had too many near misses and, unfortunately, a fatal
>>> crash just a couple days ago."
>>>
>>> Is the news we hear every day actually broadcasting messages from
>>> God? The answer is an absolute yes! Find out how!
>>>
>>> Bartiromo asked the vice president: "Do you have any if evidence that
>>> any of those hires that were there at the control Wednesday night
>>> were DEI hires?"
>>>
>>> Vance replied: "The president's been very clear about, this is in the
>>> saying that the person who was at the controls is a DEI hire, but
>>> let's just say, first of all, we should investigate everything. But
>>> let's just say the person at the controls didn't have enough staffing
>>> around him or her because we were turning people away because of DEI
>>> reasons. 
>>>
>>> There is a very correct connection between the policies of the last
>>> administration and short-staffed air-traffic controllers. That has to
>>> stop. And, by the way, it's so funny the me, the media has … picked
>>> up on this. The president made very clear that he wasn't blaming
>>> anybody, but he was being very explicit about the fact that DEI
>>> policies have led our air-traffic controllers to be short staffed.
>>>
>>> "That is a scandal. Thankfully, the it's a scandal that the president
>>> has stopped."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vance was also asked if he plans to run for president in 2028.
>>>
>>> "We'll see what happens come 2028," he responded.
>>>
>>> "The best thing for my future is actually the best thing for the
>>> American people which is that we do a really good job over the next
>>> three and a half years. So, we'll cross the political bridge when we
>>> come to it.
>>>
>>> "I'm not thinking about running for president. I'm thinking about
>>> doing a good job for the American people and I think the best way to
>>> do that is to make sure President Trump is a success.'
>> 
>> And as for funding, Biden planned on hiring 87,000 new IRS agents at a
>> cost of $ 45 billion dollars.
>> Why not hire ATC or other employees tasked with keeping people alive?
> 
> That's easy.  Fire the excess IRS agents they have now and hire ATC 
> employees.
> 
> 

Those IRS employees more than baid their cost by getting rich fucks to 
pay their taxes.

That 87,000 agents is an absolute exaggeration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/us/politics/irs-agents-fact-check.html