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Poll: 25 percent of federal employees would quit under Trump presidency
Politico ^ | 1 February 2016 | Nick Gass

Posted on 02/01/2016 1:40:15 PM PST by Rockitz

About 1-in-4 federal employees would consider leaving their jobs if Donald Trump is elected president, according the results of a recent survey conducted by the Government Business Council.

Overall, about 2-in-3, or 67 percent said they would not think about leaving the federal government if Trump becomes president, but 14 percent said they would and 11 percent said they would "maybe" leave. Just 8 percent said they did not know. The share of Democrats who said they would leave is higher, with 42 percent indicating that they would exit or could exit.

Among all of those surveyed, 59 percent said they would be embarrassed to have Trump as president, compared to 49 percent who said the same for Hillary Clinton, 45 percent who would be embarrassed with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 37 percent with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and just 20 percent for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Of those surveyed, 42 percent identified as Republicans, 31 percent as Democrats, while 8 percent said they did not know and 19 percent declined to state.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; elections; iowa; layoffs; newyork; trump; trumprebellion
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To: Rockitz

Self-pruning will result in healthy growth.


81 posted on 02/01/2016 1:50:24 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. - Psalm 33:12)
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To: Charles Henrickson

I was thinking the same thing!


82 posted on 02/01/2016 1:50:43 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Rockitz

And celebrities that hate trump will leave the country too. /s


83 posted on 02/01/2016 1:50:51 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Rockitz

They never quit. They die first.


84 posted on 02/01/2016 1:51:34 PM PST by OLDCU
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To: Hulka

I’m still holding out for 85%.


85 posted on 02/01/2016 1:51:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: TalBlack

Maybe I should have posted this under Political Humor? ;o)


86 posted on 02/01/2016 1:51:52 PM PST by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Rockitz

Can a president even fire these “civil servants” at all? It seems all Trump could do is suspend them with pay indefinitely, which would get Marxists and racists off the job b ut not save any money.


87 posted on 02/01/2016 1:51:56 PM PST by montag813
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To: Rockitz

can we get that promise in writing from that 25%, i think a 25% reduction in fed gov “workers” would cause an immediate boom..


88 posted on 02/01/2016 1:52:20 PM PST by GraceG (The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
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To: Rockitz
That is the best news I have heard since obama took office.
89 posted on 02/01/2016 1:52:38 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Rockitz

First good reason to vote for the guy that I’ve seen


90 posted on 02/01/2016 1:52:59 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Ná tabhair shilíní le muca nó comhairle do amadáin)
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To: Hulka

It’s a win-win?


91 posted on 02/01/2016 1:53:03 PM PST by Zarro (Ben Carson 2016)
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To: Rockitz

Imagine 25% less obnoxious, overbearing, imperious,
self-proclaimed-brilliant-intellectual Democrats leaving the government and liberating us from tyrannical adolescents.

What a pleasant thought.

IMHO


92 posted on 02/01/2016 1:53:16 PM PST by ripley
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To: BenLurkin

Just like all the Hollyweird jokers, full of hot air..


93 posted on 02/01/2016 1:53:33 PM PST by gibsosa
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To: Rockitz

Good... a lot of them are bottom feeders or liberal ideologues and need to be out anyway.

If Trump can facilitate that just by taking office...all the better.


94 posted on 02/01/2016 1:54:10 PM PST by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Rockitz

Administrations come and administrations go, but the civil service grows on forever.


95 posted on 02/01/2016 1:54:38 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: DoughtyOne
I'm still holding out for 85%.

Agreed. And that remaining 15% is being generous.
96 posted on 02/01/2016 1:54:58 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: ColdOne
pure BS....no way they would leave that high paying job with lifetime benefits. No way.

Affirmative sir. It would be nice to see 50% of them go, but it's not going to happen.
I was in the USAF under Jimmy Carter. I surely wanted to quit, but I didn't.

97 posted on 02/01/2016 1:55:13 PM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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To: Rockitz

25 percent of federal employees fear that Trump will have them indicted for their activities under Obama.


98 posted on 02/01/2016 1:55:34 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Rockitz

Another positive of a Trump presidency.


99 posted on 02/01/2016 1:55:41 PM PST by navymom1
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To: Rockitz

Well over twenty percent would be fired. That includes the fourteen percent that would want to leave.


100 posted on 02/01/2016 1:55:45 PM PST by Aleya2Fairlie
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