The abrupt firing of all the federal employees destabilized their families. The income they brought as well as benefits, including healthcare caused hardship to good and decent people who earnestly cared about other Americans.
It didn’t have to be done this way. IF the federal government needed downsizing it could have been conducted to support their transition. The way it was handled caused trauma without an opportunity to find other employment or income. The way it was handled glutted the job market and resulted in far longer unemployment than had to be.


