Federal Workers Are Being Held Accountable For The First Time, And They’re Not Handling It Well

The Federalist ^ | 18 Jul, 2025 | Mark Hemingway

[Mean Daddy]

It’s not impossible, it’s a lack of will.

[SunkenCiv]

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[DeplorablePaul]

I was hoping for deeper cuts. I hope this is just the beginning.

[hal ogen]

I “lived” in the WDC area for about 30 years (before escaping). In my experience government employees are mostly arrogant, over-paid, self-important nitwits who despise Citizens. Essentially they are a parasite class who spend their lives sucking life from society.

To be generous, there are some exceptions.

[1Old Pro]

government employees are mostly arrogant, over-paid, self-important nitwits who despise Citizens.

I'd only add that they are typically lazy, like all liberals and they focus on undermining rather than being productive.

[1Old Pro]

K-12 failure has been neglected for decades. Way past do for much needed MAJOR reforms.

[cyclotic]

My son was on a robotics team in high school that was sponsored by a government agency. We used some unused warehouse space on an Army base as the workshop. All of the other coaches were civilian army employees. Good guys and all very good at what they did with important jobs in the national security realm.

During a government shutdown, they were all complaining about their forced vacation, (for which they would eventually be paid)

I very strongly reminded them why we even knew each other. I was one of very few private sector people on the coaching staff and only lived in the state because I had lost my job if eighteen years during a reorganization. I had to uproot and move my family 600 miles, live apart from them for eight months until we could sell the house, take what was essentially a lateral move yet pay for two households on that as sole breadwinner.

They had job where this happened on a regular basis and if they weren’t prepared to go a couple weeks without a paycheck, they needed to reexamine their lives and spending priorities.

That shut them right up.

[pepperdog]

It is so sad, it all went to pieces when they quit teaching phonics and the multiplication tables. Now they have “progressed” to the point that college graduates can’t even write their names, they can only print (badly). It is shameful and disgusting. Bring back the BASICS.

[1Old Pro]

oops, way past due - :) for major reform.

It’s probably my biggest policy disappointment, the lack of major school reform.

[DeplorablePaul]

Unionized school teachers have the same arrogant attitude. When there is no fear of getting fired employees go bad.