The supposed precedent for this is that DC survived sequestration?
The worst thing to happen during sequestration was a week or two of furloughs -- the author is proposing the permanent removal of tens of thousands of jobs.
More than half of federal employees are over 45. So you're either forcing them to uproot their families, or (more likely) forcing them to switch careers at an age where that's not so easy.
The worst thing to happen during sequestration was a week or two of furloughs -- the author is proposing the permanent removal of tens of thousands of jobs.
More than half of federal employees are over 45. So you're either forcing them to uproot their families, or (more likely) forcing them to switch careers at an age where that's not so easy.