Survey: 35% of federal workers may consider leaving their jobs if Trump wins

Hot Air ^ | October 25,2015 | JAZZ SHAW

[Hojczyk]

Of course, for many conservatives hearing these survey results, their first response is likely along the lines of, “Good riddance. Can we start with the workers at the VA?” That’s not just anecdotal either. A different survey previously highlighted in the same outlet showed that a significant majority of Trump voters aren’t exactly wild about federal workers to begin with.

Donald Trump supporters do not like federal employees very much, though the feeling does not appear to be mutual.

Trump supporters are nearly united in their frustration with federal government policies, according to a new survey from Rasmussen Reports, with 96 percent saying they are “angry” at them. Just 36 percent of Hillary Clinton supporters said the same.

About six in 10 backers of the Republican nominee say the federal government rarely or never does the right thing. Nine in 10 disagree that federal government is a “protector of individual liberty.”

So if anyone is looking to use this survey as a reason to scare Trump voters away from the polls it’s likely to backfire. Most of those federal workers aren’t going anywhere, and if they did there wouldn’t be too many tears shed over it in conservative circles.

[wbill]

Okey-Dokey with me.

I suspect that the problem of government corruption will be much like the problem of illegals.

We don't need to deport all 12 (or 20, or 40) million illegals. We just need to make it plain that they *will* be deported, if caught, and cut off benefits to the rest. Most will leave on their own. The remaining number will be able to be dealt with.

Ditto the current batch of gov't kleptocrats. We don't need to prosecute all of them, just a few, and make it plain that we mean business. Most of the rest will find their way out of government (into academia, I'd bet....) and we'll be able to deal with whoever is leftover.

[Jeff Chandler]

See, he’s already reducing the size of government.

[Harpotoo]

WOW! Talk about draining the Swamp! Love it!

PS Go Trump Go and tomorrow I send him my last monthly donation!

[txrefugee]

They are lying. After nuclear war, the only living things will be cockroaches and government bureaucrats, and it will be difficult to tell the difference.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Because the porn sites will lose hits.

[cincinnati65]

1) Smaller federal government = "WIN"

2) What are they afraid of, that they'll actually have to work?

[Hojczyk]

GOOD…..Maybe he can fire another 35 %

Somebody said of government worker

33% did nothing

33% were average

and the other 33% did most of the work

Hell get rid of the EPA..Energy Dept…Education Dept..Health and Human Services..Interior Department..give all Federal land back to the states

Let the states run the National Parks

Hell get rid of everybody

Oh Hell I forgot the IRS

Get rid of them first

any others

[TonyM]

There are lot of federal workers who support Trump, many of them privately. If Trump wins those 35 percent, and more, are probably going to lose their overpaid jobs to privatization, which will be a good thing.

[Dawgreg]

Great news........he was going to start weeding them out anyway......makes me happy.

[laconic]

Utter nonsense; with the exception of the military, the defense agencies, the Border Patrol, Customs, CIA, maybe NASA, the vast bulk of federal employees cannot hope to match their federal salaries and bennies. Plus, who in their right mind would HIRE someone from HUD, HHS, DOT, Labor and a slew of other federal agencies?

[DoughtyOne]

Oh thank you God. No disrespect of God here. This is great news!

I however don’t believe it for a moment.

Getting someone out of a government job takes two tow trucks, ten crowbars, a gallon of axil grease, a quart of super glue remover, a pastor, a priest, a rabbi, an islamic whatever, and a fortnight of elbow grease.

At least two exorcisms are to be expected.

[Mr. Rabbit]

Is that a promise?

[Hoffer Rand]

“May consider” until they realize they can't get a job paying as much, doing as little, with the great benefit package anywhere else. Then, they'll shrug and go back to their job, grumbling like they always do. Bureaucracy is the only perpetual motion machine in the universe.

[resistance]

They won’t leave voluntarily, they’ll hear those sweet words “YOU’RE FIRED”

[teletech]

DRAIN THE SWAMP!!

[New Jersey Realist]

Another great reason to vote TRUMP.

[shotgun]

According to Wikipedia there are 15,190 employees in the EPA alone. They could assign 1 employee to each county in each state and reduce the number of employees to 3,144. Of, course that still about 3,144 too many...

[simpson96]

PERFECT. Save Trump the trouble.

[LeoWindhorse]

THis is great news !

D.C. has become infested with Liberal Democrats anyway .

FIRE THEM ALL . Especially ALL DoJ employees

[Opinionated Blowhard]

And for a good chunk of the rest of them who don't quit: