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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it sucks, but it’s just putting Federal workers on a level footing with the vast majority of Americans. Why should Feds have more job security than the rest of us? Maybe it’s time for all Americans to have better workers rights, but I don’t think Feds should be some protected class. If eliminating Federal jobs leads to better efficiencies and cost savings for taxpayers, then so be it. [/quote]

Why would you think it would create better efficiencies and cost savings for taxpayers? Contrary to popular belief, most federal workers are working at jobs to do things that Congress has directed the government to do. How’s all that stuff going to get done? The federal jobs piece is kind of the minor piece of what’s going on - the real issue is what won’t happen without people doing the work.

Sure, make it more efficient to fire low performers, most Feds are on board with that (although it actually isn’t impossible now) but this is just taking a ton of expertise on incredibly complex issues and throwing it out the window. [/quote]

But you’re missing the point: why should Feds have better job security than the private sector? Answer: they shouldn’t. And since they have essentially been unfireable for decades, there are surely many we can do without. [/quote]

You should be asking why private sector job security isn't better. It should be better, and it used to be. 
No federal employee wants private job security to be bad, yet private sector is always trying to drag federal employees down instead of demanding better for themselves. It's the worst kind of self-sabotage, justifying harm to others because you've been harmed.[/quote]

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