Donald Trumpâ??s triumph over Hillary Clinton presages an even bigger battle ahead against the heart of the Democratic establishment: the federal workforce. This army of bureaucrats â?? almost 3 million strong â?? gave Clinton a large majority of their votes and over 90% of their campaign contributions. Count on federal workers and their union bosses to use every trick in the book to block Trumpâ??s reform agenda.
Trumpâ??s ability to fix the VA, clean up IRS abuses, roll back job-killing regulations, and get taxpayers their moneyâ??s worth all hinge on uprooting the entrenched civil service. Newt Gingrich, a top Trump advisor, warns, â??If you donâ??t fix this problem, nothing in government is going to work.â?
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