re: Your federal hiring freeze at work

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So the last I checked the last time a draft was instituted was a long time ago. These people know what they are getting into...they also know what they can do in the private sector.

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I agree 100%...but what they were getting into this time last year was a military which would provide some day care services for their children when they were overseas. Going forward it may become much more difficult to recruit as high a caliber folks if there sren't those kinds of perks.

This is something that makes no sense about Trump's campaign promises....you can't make the military stronger by both cutting spending on people and increasing spending on programs and systems...because people HAVE to be involved in those programs and systems....if, for example, we are going to upgrade our nuclear arsenal we are either going to have to hire civilians, civilian contractor personnel or more military people....it ain't going to happen without people and money.