The crap those govt employees pull is amazing. They file paperwork claiming years of work they never did to boost their pensions and get to 30 years retirement faster, for example.
When Reagan was elected I kidded one, “What are you going to do now?” “Presidents come and go, but we are always here” was his reply.
“Presidents come and go, but we are always here” was his reply.
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That is true and that is their attitude. The sense of entitlement just drips off of them.
Most feds will NOT voluntarily quit. They cherish their comfortable jobs and generous benefits. They will, as you said, try to just wait it out while engaging in a continuing form of passive resistance.
The article noted that “Elon and Vivek can’t go in and start firing people” but when regulations are eliminated and wasteful programs are ended we can’t keep paying these people to do nothing so a reduction in force (i.e., we don’t need you anymore) should be able to terminate lots of them.
Much to their surprise, a lot of DC bureaucrats are going to get let go because of there’s simply too much unjustifiable waste, redundancy, inefficiency and mismanagement. The feds who work out in the field (i.e., outside of the Swamp) generally do more productive work so most of them will probably keep their jobs.
Yup.
Do you know what career federal employees call their political appointee bosses?
Temps.