After writing about civil service reform for a while years ago, I reluctantly concluded this: Any system that makes it easy enough to fire a government employee (to say, root out sloth or quiet resistance) will make it possible to just replace employees on political grounds.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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February 05, 2026 at 04:14PM
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