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The bureaucracy always outlives any government or political movement. Yes, there are political appointments here and there but the rank and file is permanent.
by sremani 5y ago
The bureaucracy always outlives any government or political movement. Yes, there are political appointments here and there but the rank and file is permanent.
- albertop 5y agoThe bureaucratic wing of the new class has other special rights and privileges as well. For starters, its members are virtually unfireable. “Death—rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs—is the primary threat to job security at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Management and Budget and a dozen other federal operations,” a study by USA Today found. In 2010, the 168,000 federal workers in Washington, D.C.—who are quite well compensated—had a job security rate of 99.74 percent. Excerpt From Suicide of the West.