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by fads_go 433 days ago
Not sure where you get your information. Many civil servants are motivated to do what is right for their country, civil service tends to draw mission-oriented people. People who are typically willing to go above and beyond to make things work.

Think about the teachers who buy classroom supplies out of their own meager paycheck because they want them for the lesson, and 'cost-cutting' means they don't have enough resources in the school.

Think of all the people at the CDC, or at NOAH, or similar.

In any large organization, and the Fed Government is > 2m employees, so it counts, you can easily find example of people who are driven and people who coast.

And actually, people are sacked in the fed if they don't make their numbers, or they are quietly sidelined.