It’s really no surprise to anyone who’s followed the current state of things. The Department of Government Excrement. I only hope a heinous and abhorrently-wild remainder of life to those who have cheered for the dismantling of the institution previously. I say dismantling, because most people are influenced by any end game prospect or “promises” than the actual process. If you still believed the process could somehow work, with changes rather than taking a hammer, I still think the intentions were wildly misguided at worst. However, if you truly wanted near (if not full) fascist rule, and thought it would lead to the “greater good” with what we have now, I hope you realize it will only ever be for the good of the wealthy until millions - and that especially you yourself suffer. I get that is easy to be swept up in the rhetoric. Americans are (or at least we were 10+ years ago) taught from a young age that trust and commitment to the government will lead to helping the general public. It’s especially a shame that the most self-sufficient US agency (the National Park Service) was touched at all. But I guess that government handouts for exploitative employers (business tax benefits/reliefs) sounds sexier. Even if they remove chunks of the most truly efficient government entity. The DoD? Keeping the ones they love safe - even at home far from most international conflict. Civil service? It’s not sexy, but if you want to truly help - or improve what the federal government offers and also learn to to better - you will be fine.
By now, hopefully a majority of people agree the most wasteful and damaging agency is the current one believing it can cut without consequence.
Anecdotally, a significantly large - maybe even 20% - will still get behind anyone with an R after their name. I left the federal civil service after almost five years because I didn’t like the influence of politicians undermining things even then. That included the shutdowns while Obama and Trump admins were in office.
There are union-protected labor workers - even now - still think anyone Republican will protect them, because… “values.” Hell, Utah recently passed legislation making it illegal for any public workers to collectively bargain. How many teachers and firefighters there voted for that possibility in?