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Scouting America is a private, non-profit organization.
That doesn't mean anything to the people that want the entire government to be privately held
My point was that Hegseth is threatening private organizations.
Yes. And my point was that it doesn’t mean anything to the people that want the entire government to be privately held
Good talk!
You're kind of being a dick about it now.
About what? What're we discussing now?
From reading other articles and pieces from people associated with Scouts, while they don't get any money from the government, that isn't to say they don't get perks.
$1/yr leases for public land, access to property/equipment, logistical support/medical staffing for the Jamboree, jet flyovers, etc that help them stretch their funds or provide things they would t be able to access without the government's support.
The Jamboree is a 10 day event this July, so all that staffing provided by the gov is probably a huge expense, and if Hegseth pulled all that now or in the future, they'd be screwed. So essentially, this is coercion to get what they want.
I think Scouting America should reverse any kind of concessions they made immediately after the Jamboree, and tell these monsters that they'll just wait them out, thank you very much, because the next Jamboree is in 2030.
I'd say anyone not planning to get screwed by this administration is doing their people a disservice.
I am happy to see the Scouts give some push back. It frankly seems more than some leaders/countries are willing to do.
They note in the article that all "concessions" were already planned to be implemented. They really didn't do anything other than give a list of what they already planned to do.
They want to treat them like a government contractor and put them on ~~super secret double probation~~, oops, I mean, they want to stop them from doing sooper dooper totally unlegal "DEI", which, in Orwellian fashion, they call "discrimination".