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Excellent: 25 percent of federal employees would consider quitting if Trump becomes president

By Dan Calabrese ——--February 2, 2016

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I imagine the media thinks this is a negative, as if no scourge would be worse for the country than taxpayer-paid federal employees leaving in droves. How much you want to bet the public doesn't see it that way? If you've heard the clamor from the public directed at federal bureaucrats - please, don't ever leave, we need you - you're one of the few:
One in four federal workers would consider leaving their jobs if Trump were elected president, according to a new survey conducted by the Government Business Council, Government Executive Media Group’s research arm. About 14 percent of respondents said they would definitely consider leaving federal service under President Trump, while an additional 11 percent said they might. The findings indicate those leaving government would come from agencies' top ranks, as a majority of respondents were in General Schedule positions GS-13 and higher.
Nearly as many Democrats said they would consider leaving in a Trump administration as would definitely stay, the survey found. Among Democrats, 42 percent said they would consider leaving, while 48 percent would not. Just 8 percent of Republican feds would consider refusing to work in a Trump presidency. Overall, 8 percent of respondents said they “don’t know” if they would consider leaving their jobs if Trump prevails in November. While a Trump victory may cause a mass exodus of Democrats working in federal government, they are quite happy with their current boss. A majority (56 percent) said they would support him over their current field if he were eligible to serve a third term. Just 37 percent said that given the chance, they would not vote for Obama again.
If you're looking for a substantive reason to back Trump, this might be paydirt. Not only would lots of federal employees leave, but a disproportionate number of Democrats would leave. I never thought anything could happen that would make the federal bureaucracy less left-wing, but doggoneit, this just might do it.
Here's the only problem, though: I'm having a hard time believing many of these people actually follow through. Government jobs are too cushy and comfortable, and for the kind of person who's terrified by the results-oriented accountability of the private sector, they're not going to just go out and apply at the local engineering firm. That might be the reason they fear Trump - you know, "you're fired" and all that - but as a practical matter he can't just start doing that to every federal bureaucrat he feels like, and probably wouldn't want to anyway. The reason they love Obama and would love for him to stay, of course, is that they can pretty much go hog-wild as long as he's president and nothing will happen. Not for no reason was the expression born, "Good enough for government work."

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