A lot of feds are glorified college essay writers. I am shocked by how many people we pay over $125,000 a year to write college-level essays about a perceived problem. The point is to send these papers to members of Congress or Senate, where some poorly-paid intern summarizes the essay for the politicians they work for. Or it goes in the trash. These people have 'Policy' somewhere in their job title and you can look up how much they earn since all federal government salaries are public.
I am assuming a lot of FedNews posters are these people because this skill isn't transferrable at all. There is no demand, especially if AI gets any better at accurately relaying info instead of hallucinating. The people who are scientists, lawyers, medical professionals--they'll be fine.
I feel bad for the National Park Service employees though, they're out there doing hard work and manual labor. The pay is shit for a lot of roles. Some fast food jobs pay more than the lower level and seasonal NPS work. They could always get state park and state forestry job. But the National Park Service is the one department that Republicans and Democrats similarly favor, so maybe all the firings of probational and seasonal NPS employees will be reconsidered or Congress will allocate money to them to hire.
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