Link below.
The headline on the story is actually misleading and inaccurate.
That aside, the report from the Daily Signal, based on a poll conducted by RMG Research, is getting a lot of play on Twitter. However, I'm not sure what to make of it.
First of all, when they say "managers," an immediate question is how high up these people are in the chain. As in the military, there's like 10 different levels of hierarchy in the federal government.
Secondly, as someone who worked in the federal government for almost 40 years (counting the three I spent in the military) and for part of that time in mid-management jobs, I can't for the life of me understand how a federal manager is in any position to "resist" the power or authority of the President. I mean, you'd need an active and broad conspiracy involving entire offices to pull that off.
Policy is formulated at the top...disseminated and enforced by presidential appointees at the cabinet or agency level. You don't get to make your own policy nor do you have any capability to do so as a federal bureaucrat. Well, you could try, if you were a fool, but the way the game is played, you wouldn't last very long in your job...and shouldn't.
Basically, if any federal manager thinks Trump (or any other President) is such a bad guy that it would violate their conscience to carry out his orders, then they need to resign.
Anyway, it's an eye-opening poll, but I'm not sure how seriously to take it:
www.dailysignal.com
The headline on the story is actually misleading and inaccurate.
That aside, the report from the Daily Signal, based on a poll conducted by RMG Research, is getting a lot of play on Twitter. However, I'm not sure what to make of it.
First of all, when they say "managers," an immediate question is how high up these people are in the chain. As in the military, there's like 10 different levels of hierarchy in the federal government.
Secondly, as someone who worked in the federal government for almost 40 years (counting the three I spent in the military) and for part of that time in mid-management jobs, I can't for the life of me understand how a federal manager is in any position to "resist" the power or authority of the President. I mean, you'd need an active and broad conspiracy involving entire offices to pull that off.
Policy is formulated at the top...disseminated and enforced by presidential appointees at the cabinet or agency level. You don't get to make your own policy nor do you have any capability to do so as a federal bureaucrat. Well, you could try, if you were a fool, but the way the game is played, you wouldn't last very long in your job...and shouldn't.
Basically, if any federal manager thinks Trump (or any other President) is such a bad guy that it would violate their conscience to carry out his orders, then they need to resign.
Anyway, it's an eye-opening poll, but I'm not sure how seriously to take it:
DEEP STATE GEARING UP: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump, Poll Finds
A groundbreaking survey from RMG Research finds that bureaucrats in the federal government plan to act like a deep state opposing Trump.
