I absolutely agree with you that all employment needs to be coupled with accountability. However, the America First/MAGA movements are absolutely proving the point that civil service jobs need protection from political maneuvering. I would hope you'd agree that it's not good for our country to have the entire government - including IRS a…
I absolutely agree with you that all employment needs to be coupled with accountability. However, the America First/MAGA movements are absolutely proving the point that civil service jobs need protection from political maneuvering. I would hope you'd agree that it's not good for our country to have the entire government - including IRS agents, FBI agents, EPA agents, and many, many others - replaced every four years in the name of political loyalty. It completely undermines both the need for career acumen and expertise as well as the stability of our country as a whole. As always with Trump and the MAGA movement, I believe they make some decent points, but I fear their motives and strategies.
I am certainly not for an every four year total replacement however I do believe many of these organizations could use a thorough review and evaluation. Of that means deleting unnecessary or underperforming staff, then so be it. It is a very real aspect of the private sector. Why shouldn’t we expect the same efficiency from all our tax dollars?
You and I agree that our tax dollars should be used efficiently and that people should be held accountable for good work. The difference between us is that you trust Trump and his administration to make the right call, and I don’t. Again, it’s theoretically a good idea, but I’ve never seen a good idea Trump can’t ruin by inserting himself in it.
This is very much NOT about efficiency and very much about getting rid of as many federal employees as possible. If it was about efficiency then instead of issuing all of these executive orders they would go into the agencies and see how the funds are being spent and see where changes can be made. Most (if not all) federal agencies are actually understaffed and federal employees have been asked to do more with less for years. Try to get through to an actual person at IRS or SSA or the VA, wait times are very high - not because federal employees aren’t working - but because there aren’t enough of them to handle the call volumes. I’m not against a “review”, I’m against the witch hunt it will turn out to be under this administration. It needs to be nonpartisan and not political.
Also a question for you - where are you getting your information that there are all these “government inefficiencies”? The media? A particular political party? GAO audits? Are you or have you ever been a federal employee? You probably should take a look at where you are getting your “information” and look for first person sources to ensure that the information is actually factual and not off the cuff rhetoric that will incite the masses.
I absolutely agree with you that all employment needs to be coupled with accountability. However, the America First/MAGA movements are absolutely proving the point that civil service jobs need protection from political maneuvering. I would hope you'd agree that it's not good for our country to have the entire government - including IRS agents, FBI agents, EPA agents, and many, many others - replaced every four years in the name of political loyalty. It completely undermines both the need for career acumen and expertise as well as the stability of our country as a whole. As always with Trump and the MAGA movement, I believe they make some decent points, but I fear their motives and strategies.
I am certainly not for an every four year total replacement however I do believe many of these organizations could use a thorough review and evaluation. Of that means deleting unnecessary or underperforming staff, then so be it. It is a very real aspect of the private sector. Why shouldn’t we expect the same efficiency from all our tax dollars?
You and I agree that our tax dollars should be used efficiently and that people should be held accountable for good work. The difference between us is that you trust Trump and his administration to make the right call, and I don’t. Again, it’s theoretically a good idea, but I’ve never seen a good idea Trump can’t ruin by inserting himself in it.
This is very much NOT about efficiency and very much about getting rid of as many federal employees as possible. If it was about efficiency then instead of issuing all of these executive orders they would go into the agencies and see how the funds are being spent and see where changes can be made. Most (if not all) federal agencies are actually understaffed and federal employees have been asked to do more with less for years. Try to get through to an actual person at IRS or SSA or the VA, wait times are very high - not because federal employees aren’t working - but because there aren’t enough of them to handle the call volumes. I’m not against a “review”, I’m against the witch hunt it will turn out to be under this administration. It needs to be nonpartisan and not political.
Also a question for you - where are you getting your information that there are all these “government inefficiencies”? The media? A particular political party? GAO audits? Are you or have you ever been a federal employee? You probably should take a look at where you are getting your “information” and look for first person sources to ensure that the information is actually factual and not off the cuff rhetoric that will incite the masses.