The same people we trust to collect and spend our tax money, regulate our business ventures and our vaping, and start and stop our wars got to leave work early today.
The federal government’s Office of Personnel Management told workers to leave “no later than” 1 p.m. because weather forecasts predicted between one and three inches of snow to hit Washington.
Why? Because there could be 1-3 inches of snow. You can’t make it up. https://t.co/zmmtE2W01U
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 7, 2020
To see whether the OPM’s memorandum was justified or our government is just run by a bunch of wimps, yours truly, a lifelong resident of sunny southern California, decided to step outside as the clock struck the deadline — only to find the sky barely misting. In fact, as I took a stroll around McPherson Square, I ran into our very own Brad Polumbo, lacking so much as a hat and decked out in a moderate jacket and an iced coffee.
By 2 p.m., it wasn’t much different. In fact, actual snow flurries didn’t even hit the ground in downtown D.C. until nearly 3 p.m. The snow is slated to stop likely prior to 6 p.m., with the chance of any sort of precipitation down to 0% by 7 p.m. Rather than make workers wait the extra half hour like the rest of us, federal employees got another taxpayer-paid vacation.
[Related: Federal workers mocked for reaction to one inch of snow]
To my Medicare For All-supporting friends, I must ask, if you can’t trust these people to drive through a little sludge, why the hell would you trust them with your healthcare?
