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The level of federal employees has been stable for ~30 years, even with a growing population and arguable more complex world:
* https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES9091000001
It can also be argued that more bureaucracy is actually needed:
* https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-needs-a-bigger-better-...
Programs still need to be implemented, laws and regulations need to be enforced: if there is no in-house manpower or expertise then outside consultants will be hired. Do you think those will be more or less expensive?
And if you thought that the FAA's oversight of (e.g.) Boeing was weak at current staffing levels, wait until the cuts come.
The gap between the ideology and the reality is deep enough to fall into forever.
Kind of like people describing DEI as "anti-white racism" despite the most common beneficiaries of DEI being white women.
So sue them. Take action, make your case. All you have here on HN is an opinion which may or may not be accurate.
> I do not have the resources and probably not the standing to bring a suit.
Oh, ok. Well never mind then.
When the Republicans eventually lose power, a more refined version of this playbook will be executed by the next team.
As for professed advocates of smallgovt who actually get into the Senate or even the presidency, I think you can look for yourself how that's worked out.
[0] https://www.aei.org/articles/ron-paul-big-government-liberta...
Americans like the socialized services a larger government can provide.
They want government to be useful to them, not useless to them.
You don’t really believe people want a small government, do you? They see a small government like Somalia. They don’t want Somalia.
Remember a large government services the people. A small libertarian government services the powerful and wealthy.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01475...
People want functional governance. And smaller government is clearly not what this coup concerns.