So, whatcha' think? Ignoring the viability of him making mass layoffs on Day One, do you agree with Ramaswamy and support the elimination of 75% of the federal workforce? - CO

----------------------------

Certainly not ever one of 4 million plus Federal Employees is essential. So the question is what percent could be eliminated. Make note of the so called Federal Shutdowns when a debt ceiling bill stalls out, hardly anybody notices.

So 75% on day one is clearly ridiculous. But it is reasonable that a large number could be eliminated over the course of one or two terms as president. However, given the present state of civil service processes to cut anybody, it is unlikely that even 1% could be achieved. Remember the hoops Trump had to go through to fire the VA Administrators who were incompetent and were maintaining fake records to hide the actual wait times experienced by veterans, and those jobs were not even being eliminated.