This past week, a Washington Post article titled “Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge” appeared.
It explains how there’s been a massive effort by federal employees to safeguard and shroud their jobs, in hopes of maintaining the cushy, no-stress environment they’ve carved out for themselves.
They’re panicking. For example, they’re changing titles of jobs that they feel might come under Trump’s scalpel, specifically those related to things like Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and environmental justice. Some of these civil servants are even taking out liability insurance to cover lawyers if they’re deemed demoted or fired.
What we’re seeing here is very plain: They’re willing to do what it takes to maintain the status quo.
Even more simply: They’re working very hard so that they can do as little work as possible.
I want to be clear. What I’m calling for right now isn’t even necessarily a smaller government— although if you know me you …