Buyouts allowed to go forward, insiders yawn

Until people sign their Form 52s and their exit payments are funded in budgets, there will be no buy outs. The court is simply letting the insanity go forward. The fact is, much of the government at the DC level is procurement of services provided by state governments and contractors. Even the military has a large contracting out component. Unless there is a war, most military units, like most civilian agencies, have a lot of down time. Much of this results from the fact that Congress cannot make decisions - the process has too many gatekeepers, some of them being hyper-partisan with an interest or bias toward throwing sand in the gears. Until there is a bipartisan consensus on taxing and spending, with automatic approval of funds when the work does not happen on schedule, the situation will not change.

What will change is government by publicity stunt - which is how best to describe the Elon-Don show. The media loves covering it, but the reality is that every administration has some kind of management reform effort at the front end that usually does little. The show only lasts so long before people get board with it. Reality intervenes.

Will Trump or his handlers get smart and look for actual good ideas to make him look good rather than feeling good about himself? Will he get to that cheeseburger too far so we can see what Vance does? Will I survive until that happens (as I am bigger than Trump is)?  Time will tell. It always does.