When president-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on the line.
They’re working class people and the job market is shit. “Just quit” is a much bigger statement when you don’t have another job lined up and have bills to pay.
That’s a really bad take. A) Doing a job which is not specifically to carry out Trump’s will is not supporting him. B) Federal jobs are not inherently political, in fact very few are. C) even if they were in positions to effect political outcomes, they could use those positions to counter Trump’s agenda. They can’t do that if they quit. D) Nobody should be expected to abandon their livelihood for themselves and their families because they are tenuously, barely, kind of in a position that forwards Trump’s administrations policies. A USDA meat inspector quiting to spurnTrump will do nothing to Trump and yet ruin their career.
Civil service positions are apolitical. You are supposed to do them regardless of which party is in charge. That’s the whole point. Otherwise literally nothing would ever get done.
What the fuck are you talking about? They had a job doing whatever random thing they were paid to do. Keep airplanes from falling out of the sky, checking water quality, doing accounting… The right always politicizes government jobs. For example, they under funded the 2020 Census in areas that had left leaning growth. That directly impacts the number of congressional seats.
They’re working class people and the job market is shit. “Just quit” is a much bigger statement when you don’t have another job lined up and have bills to pay.
They took a political position. They have a stance no matter what. Right now if they keep working that means they support Trump.
That’s a really bad take. A) Doing a job which is not specifically to carry out Trump’s will is not supporting him. B) Federal jobs are not inherently political, in fact very few are. C) even if they were in positions to effect political outcomes, they could use those positions to counter Trump’s agenda. They can’t do that if they quit. D) Nobody should be expected to abandon their livelihood for themselves and their families because they are tenuously, barely, kind of in a position that forwards Trump’s administrations policies. A USDA meat inspector quiting to spurnTrump will do nothing to Trump and yet ruin their career.
Civil service positions are apolitical. You are supposed to do them regardless of which party is in charge. That’s the whole point. Otherwise literally nothing would ever get done.
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In office? What are you talking about?
Civil service jobs are not elected positions.
What the fuck are you talking about? They had a job doing whatever random thing they were paid to do. Keep airplanes from falling out of the sky, checking water quality, doing accounting… The right always politicizes government jobs. For example, they under funded the 2020 Census in areas that had left leaning growth. That directly impacts the number of congressional seats.