There are career civil servants working their butts off for years to keep our nation and its democracy working for the people. It's not always perfect and the Feds have their share of dolts and loafers as does all of the corporate world (Martini lunches and such). But largely, the Fed workers who know their jobs well and some who work long hours to finish their jobs are honest citizens holding jobs to support themselves and their families.
This Trump administration had better think twice about a sudden firing of thousands of these employees. They have families to support, mortgages to pay, food to buy and other expenses. Some are under massive pressure trying to hold it together, like my neighbor, and the stress has been taking its toll on him and his spouse. There is no telling what some people are capable of when their livelihood is threatened or taken away from them. They shouldn't go public with threatening statements like they will burn the government down or destroy it. It is surely within the power of the President and Congress to abolish certain Federal entities but in a well planned and orderly, and legal set of actions. But to talk about just wiping out Executive Agencies and functions at the whim of the fanatics Trump surrounds himself with is NOT the way to go.
If we think J6 was a brutal attack on democracy, you just don't know what a large group of white collar civil servants are able to do to the guts of Federal operations. And I am not speaking of them being violent. They are smart enough to know the risks of violence. But many of them hold the knowledge key to government operations that pay workers and contractors and even wages of Congress and other government officials. Not just about financial risks but Intel safety and security also. I am just taking a statement made by my neighbor and putting some context around it. I'll put it this way simply said. FAFO
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