Civil Service Commission Record Room (1936). Source: Library of Congress.

Civil Service Commission Record Room (1936). Source: Library of Congress.

I was a federal employee for 11 years. Many of my friends are federal employees. Civil servants too often are given a bum rap by mindless critics who disparage them as ‘bureaucrats who love red tape.’

But facts are facts, and the current federal system makes it nearly impossible to fire a federal employee after he has completed his first year of service. Only .15% of federal employees get the boot each year… (Read more at the Weekly Standard)