I think the new administration is doing a one-two punch to the gut of the drones. I think a lot of them will be going down for the count, real soon now. This is only the first steps in thinning out the herd, one can only hope for a much larger effect.

I was surprised that they started with the voluntary severance offers, before even doing the return to work order.

It's the right order of operations, though: offer an off-ramp and then create a bunch of career uncertainty. People primarily take government jobs for the stability.

Undisciplined

Politics_And_Law

With Trump, Washington's 'Democratic' Facade Comes Down

Rothbardian_fanatic

It may be unprecedented, but it is great work! Bureaucracies everywhere and every when need to be cut in size. Their only reason to exist is to expand and take as many resources as possible for themselves. They are one of the worst hazards of both the ancient and modern world, disasters whenever they get out of hand. I hope that Musk does an even more stringent job on the bureaucracy than Milei did in Argentina.