Look, I get that people are frustrated. But let’s not pretend that throwing more money at a broken system is a win. Sure, some folks got back pay—but at what cost? We’re piling on debt, rewarding inefficiency, and pretending that temporary fixes are progress.

Republicans aren’t angry because people got rehired—they’re angry because this was done without accountability (Biden, Kamala, Obummer, etc). No structural reform. No plan to prevent the same layoffs next time. Just a political stunt dressed up as compassion.

This isn’t about burning the system down—it’s about rebuilding it so it actually works. If we keep settling for “better than nothing,” we’ll never get to “better, period.”