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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

thucythucy

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1. So no contract with the federal government is now worth the paper it's written on.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 08:15 AM

Aug 7

How can any contract anywhere now be enforced?

Trump did this in the private sector--stiffing contractors, refusing to honor legal agreements, and he mostly got away with it.

Of course, this only works in the one direction. Powerful entities, major corporations, millionaires and billionaires can stiff anyone they like, and contracts be damned.

But should any of us peons decide not to make mortgage or car or rent payments, and watch how quickly the hammer comes down.

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So no contract with the federal government is now worth the paper it's written on. thucythucy Aug 7 #1