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33. "There's waste everywhere in government - except where I work."

Welcome to the FO stage, sir.

I've read (but haven't confirmed) that the number of federal employees, excluding uniformed military, is about the same today as it was during the Eisenhower administration. It went way up afterward, but has come back down as more government functions have been farmed out to contractors over the decades.

I have first hand insight in to federal employment at DoD, FAA and USPS. If anything, the federal government is understaffed. Fraud, waste and abuse is not at the federal employee level, but is at the acquisitions/contract level. The focus should be on Medicare/Medicaid fraud and on inflated, cost-plus style DoD contracts. We're almost a $1T for a yearly defense budget. You can't tell me there ain't more low hanging fruit for cutting there than there is in the federal workforce.

Cutting probationary employees is a way to save a small amount up front, but will have dire consequences in the future because you're cutting out future experienced workers from the pipeline. This can't be interpreted as anything other than an agenda to destroy the federal government. I mean that literally. I don't know to what end. But we're in for a bad time for us, our children, grandchildren and future generations if smart opposition forces don't line up and get on the stick now and begin some serious pushback.

I know that Democrats are powerless to impeach, pass legislation or do anything immediately to stop the runaway train of destruction. But, they could start suing and moving this up the line toward the supreme court. They could be lots more active on TV and putting out statements. They could be out there coalition-building with like-minded organizations and flexing soft power. They need to be making noise. They must get the long game rolling. Republicans have been patiently working on this since Reagan, and look where they are today.