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dragonfire5004's avatar

No way. That’s ridiculous. The federal workforce does what their bosses tell them (like any good employee would) and they have a ton of experience that’s invaluable to getting the priorities Democrats want done effectively and efficiently. We can’t just suddenly decide half or a quarter of federal workers can no longer be employed because of partisan affiliation.

They’d take the government to court and win, even if progressive Democratic justices are hearing the case. These people don’t suddenly decide not to do their jobs in the way Democrats want them to because they’re Republicans and if they did, they’d get weeded out pretty quickly. They do what they’re asked to, which means the leaders need to go. Different boss = different job description for them to follow.

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the lurking ecologist's avatar

As a former federal employee, I can vouch for this 100%. I left during sequestration. My colleagues were absolutely on both sides of the middle, but we supported the mission.

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