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I disagree - I have two close family members that are now retired former govt workers (state, one also had military service), my brother and his wife are teachers (quasi-public / charter school) and I worked a public sector internship years ago. I stand by what I said - get a real job in the private sector once you've hit your cap. It would also help rein in pension costs and shift the focus from bureaucratic procedure to actually getting meaningful stuff done. If I had a dollar for every minute of my life lost trying to learn or understand some insanely convoluted agency process I'd be rich. Energy spent creating and getting staffers to understand / enforce these "one-size-fits-all" procedures would be way better spent on things of actual value.

Most government workers are great and do a good job just trying to earn a living - but they should still only do it for X number of years before they become valueless outside of whatever agency or bureau of department they're with because they're so entrenched in the system and that particular way of doing (or not doing) things.

The real problem of course is the politicians - they have to be reined in and limited by strict and absolute term limits. If we only restricted elected office these people would simply become employees and still do lots of damage as directors, commissioners, agency heads, etc. There has to be a way of keeping those sorts of personalities historically drawn to politics away from the system and ensuring an infusion of new blood - that's why we need to kick EVERYONE in a publicly-funded position - federal, state or local - out after "X" years no matter what. It's the only way.

Truly talented people will always manage to land on their feet. They can always pursue contract work too...