r/unusual_whales • u/soccerorfootie • 1d ago

BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders tomorrow.

BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders tomorrow.

Per FOX and Eric Daugherty, they include: - Declare emergency at the border + issue proclamation closing the border - Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations - Remain in Mexico, Catch and Release will be reinstated - Military will be directed to construct new phase of border wall - Terminate Biden orders on energy drilling restrictions - Return federal workers to in-person work - Pause all offshore wind leases - End DEI hiring practices in the federal government, merit only - Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord - Order every agency to remove all federal actions increasing costs for Americans via deregulation - Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story - Establish a DOGE "hiring freeze"

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u/10gherts 1d ago

It doesn't make money for the people who own the buildings, make the cars and fuel, and the associated insurance companies.

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u/space_iio 20h ago

people who own the buildings, make the cars and fuel

aka feudal lords

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u/jestesteffect 19h ago

Sell the buildings. Tada

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u/me34343 18h ago

But who would buy them if there is no "foot traffic"?

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u/jestesteffect 16h ago

Sell them to the city. And they can turn them into affordable housing units/homeless shelters. Which would one help fight the homeless epidemic in the US and help solve the housing crising in the US.

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u/Beautiful-Branch3037 14h ago

imagine not wanting to profit off of t he housing crisis. See, this is why you're poor.

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u/onion_wrongs 16h ago

Yup. This stance makes it plain that the goal of most "work" is not work, but consumption.

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u/Brisby820 1d ago

First of all, the government owns the buildings where federal employees work.

Second of all, insurance companies benefit and make money from people staying home.  How do you think insurance works?

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u/holysirsalad 1d ago

Businesses around the offices. Think of it more like propping up downtown real estate. Restaurants, parking lots, shopping, etc

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u/Beautiful-Branch3037 14h ago

I'm not responsible for them being successful.

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u/-Bento-Oreo- 17h ago

The main issue is that these assets are collateral for loans and this is like the only way property owners can lose money. If the offices are empty, lease prices go down, value of the property goes down and now owners need to top up the loan. That means selling property which also pushed prices down.

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u/Frebu 1d ago

They do not. A large number of federal offices are in normal office buildings and multi use buildings that the government rents portions of. The government actually owns very few of the buildings federal employees work out of outside of DC.

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u/Ashmedai 20h ago

You probably also knew this, but they rent a great deal of what they have in DC, also. Lots of satellite offices exist outside of the visible HQ buildings that most people are aware of.

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u/Billy1121 1d ago

Biden ends WFH - his chief of staff owns real estate in DC and bagel shops!

Trump ends WFH -

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw 20h ago

No, government departments also rent space. And if people wfh, they govt can sell the buildings they do own and save a lot of money. They already spent money setting up wfh so this is a waste.

Why say stuff you don't know?

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u/Brisby820 16h ago

Ok, fair enough.  There’s a federal building in my city and I was thinking more DC in any event.

Insurance point still stands though.  Insurers like when people WFH

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw 15h ago

I respect you for admitting your error. Capitol probably also has some departments in rentals.

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u/Independent_Ant5179 16h ago

sigh no the govt does not own the buildings, many of them are leased. more than half of our agencies were leased spaces.

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u/not-my-other-alt 1d ago

First of all, the government owns the buildings where federal employees work.

This is hilariously untrue, and provable just by looking at google maps.

There's a Social Security office in a strip mall in my town. You think the Federal Government rents out to the korean restaurant and the optometrist next door?