Subject: Re: History
If you imagine a federal government worker as a faceless bureaucrat pushing paper in DC, it's easy to believe that. If you visualize a federal government worker as the radiologist in the VA clinic, or a prison guard at a federal penitentiary, or the cook at the Army mess hall, or a border patrol agent, or the TSA security guard working the line at the airport....well, suddenly you can begin to see how cutting all those people out might have real effects on voters that might get them upset.

I agree. I hope it blows up in their faces. It will be a lot of pain for a lot of people, but sometimes that's what it takes to learn.