[FredPret]

Moving some employees from government (which has some economic value and some non-economic value) to the much higher economic productivity private sector will be brilliant for the economy long term.

But that doesn't mean the most chaotic approach is the best one. Bill Clinton shrunk the federal workforce by 400k without crashing the economy.

I'm a huge free market fan but I note that there's a lot of nice things that come from government jobs, for example clean and safe streets, or well-planned highways, and many others.

[cbeach]

Are you implying that shrinking the federal workforce is responsible for the current stock market correction?

Do you have evidence Musk and Trump are firing the people that keep streets clean and safe, and plan highways?