More on the politicization of the Civil Service

A few years ago when civil servants were being furloughed, a friend of mine told me that nobody outside the beltway cared. Bc civil servants are, in the public& #39;s mind, overpaid, bloated, lazy bureaucrats 1/ https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/10/27/trumps-new-executive-order-on-the-civil-service-poses-a-grave-corruption-threat/">https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2020/10/2...

In recent years, the civil service has been further pilloried because they& #39;re part of the nefarious "deep state." Or something. The thing is, most civil servants work so, so hard every day to make things better for Americans and safer for America. 2/

Civil servants are nonpartisan. They serve the constitution, not a president. Which means that any Administration coming in can rely on the civil service to help them make solid policy decisions. 3/

And as a result - rightly or wrongly - civil servants rarely join the policy and public debates on national policy matters. Because doing so could be considered partisan.

The practical upshot is that many civil servants can& #39;t defend their work or the vital role they play. 4/

So this enormous thing is happening that could have an enormous impact on the effective functioning of the United States Government, and the folks *most affected generally don& #39;t feel able to join the debate. 5/

*everyone is affected, but particularly civil servants.

I really hope that external voices get even more exercised about this issue. The civil service needs defending, IMHO. Time to defend this crown jewel of the United States government. 6/end.