This garbage is based on the idea that public sector workers are exempt from downturns in the economy. Regardless of what happens in the private sector gubmint workers should thrive.
But as the article notes, it hasn't exempted the public sector.
We have so many state, county, Federal governments and governmental agencies that cannot be all lumped together. Many are filled with hard working dedicated men and women. But then you have lots of deadwood and incompetent liberals, lebsbians and affirmative action babies employed by the Federal government. They do nothing productive but collect very nice paychecks.
Part of the reason the DC Federal Government is so incompetent these days is it has too many incompetent affirmative action types working. Not just blacks, but gays, Hispanics, females, Aleutian Islanders, Samoans and so on. I am kind joking here but the last person who will hired is a qualified white heterosexual male.