Imagine the stink the government workers will make when half of them get laid off. We easily have twice as many gov. workers as is needed.
Twitter laid of 80% of its workforce and ran much better and cleaner even if Elon was foolish enough to leave a Marxist in charge. I don’t know if that could be done with the government but at least half could be let go without significant change to the services it provides. Keep the military and border patrol of course. The FBI could be downsized to 10% of current staff. The IRS staff could largely be replaced by AI so figure a 75% reduction. All woke employees would need to go of course. No way around that.
The federal government could be cut by close to half with no impact without AI; the problem is general legal protections for fed employees and EEO protections. If you are NOT a white male, you will never be fired, even for performance, because you can sue, and the office you work for has to pay legal fees out of budget, which they likely can’t afford. If you are a white male, there is still tons of documentation to go through, and if you are well liked, senior management will likely just try to find a new home for you rather than fire you. AI will just eliminate the dumb white collars (plenty of those today, not so much in 1970s). The smart ones will become more productive and more valuable by incorporating AI tools into their workflow.
The government will not lay off they will “retire them” through early buyouts and retirement. They will still have thier pensions and other local jobs likely they will be hired at minimum pay to work jobs that have experience destroying the local economies. Look to the wage problem of Colorado Springs for hordes of retired taking low pay to keep under the SS cap.
Since they will likely be better workers that are willing to work than the millennials and can understand English the migrants that just arrived likely have minimum or no skill.