The tax payer funded pandemic caused my company to axe a third of our work force and those left got to pick up the pieces and work harder to cover the short staffing. A ton of good folks got canned with no warning. As shocking as it may be to some on here, those folks found other employment and seem to be doing well in life. The company rehired those positions when things got sorted out after the tax payer funded pandemic was “over”. I’m sure those government employees that got let go will find work if they have skills. Government was never meant to be a jobs program. Honestly there should be a lot more firings and agency closings. We are closing in on 37 trillion dollars in national debt. We have to rein this in now or else our kids or grandkids are going to inherit a fiscal collapse of epic proportions. The politicians that got us in this mess deserve their just rewards, but unfortunately it’s the rank and file government employee that will suffer in the short term. Sucks for it to come to this but this country can survive without a majority of the federal government agencies and programs. Hope all those displaced will find gainful, and much more meaningful employment outside of government. I have zero sympathy for folks that are getting to experience the world the rest of us already live in.