Federal employment economically is unemployment since you are taking money out of the economy and not producing anything. So Federal layoffs have zero economic impact as long as they are unemployed and if they find private sector employment are actually then positive for the economy. Unfortunately it's worse then that when they are Federal employees because they inevitably have to do something, and that something is always more regulation and overhead for the economy causing even more economic slowdown. Laying off Federal workers is all upside and zero downside."Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs," Boehner said. "And if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. We're broke. It's time for us to get serious about how we're spending the nation's money."
Federal Eye - John Boehner: If federal jobs are lost, 'So be it'
I sure hope the GOP comes through on their promise of a Jobs Bill soon. It looks like a lot of Federal Employees are going to hit the unemployment ranks if Boehner gets his way. Not that he cares....he got HIS government job...