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They don’t have to quit. That is why we created a Civil Service. To protect the workforce from political pressure and retaliation.Illegal things should be pretty obvious. Again, if they can't figure that out, they should resign.
As we can see from the GAO report, illegal things are not always obvious. Two different agencies have two different opinions about what the law requires.
Then until adjudicated it isn't illegal.
So you want people to do things they think are illegal but haven't been specifically told are illegal?
I love the conversations we find ourselves in as a result of this president. The questions we are having to ask ourselves are just astounding.
If they think they are illegal they should quit. If they just disagree politically they should shut up and do their fucking job.
Don't blame the President, blame career civil servants who think they outright the President.
Trump seems to be the only President who thinks the workforce must be loyal to his needs
When they start taking political sides, it defeats the purpose of the laws.
They are supposed to be cogs in the machine, nothing more, implementing political policy decided by political appointees, appointed by the only Constitutional Authority in the branch, i.e. the President.
If civil servants are going to start taking sides, we need to go back to the spoils system.