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In reply to the discussion: Vivek: If your SSN ends in an odd, you're out. [View all]Wiz Imp
(1,904 posts)just 1/4 of the present workforce. That is insane. Things that currently take a week will take 6 months or more. Instead of getting your January SS check at the beginning of January, maybe you'll get it around April if you're lucky, instead of getting your tax refund in about 4-6 weeks, maybe you'll get it by the end of the year (but I wouldn't count on it). Veterans who need an operation at a VA hospital may only have to wait 3 or 4 years to get in.
Yes, these are wild exaggerations, but the point is important - the government will not be made more efficient by cutting most of the employees. It would, in fact become an inefficient mess where things take far longer to get done than people will accept.
The idea that you can just fire 75% of your workforce without it having any effect on the services you are required to perform is insane.