I disagree. First off, Biden isn't the president and hasn't been given full powers. President Trump was screwed more than once by people he couldn't get rid of. A President needs to have his own people around him.
Not saying Biden is President. But the thought of a President getting to fire anyone creates a huge problem. If everything gets cleaned up and the DS is removed for ever thats great. But there is a lot that falls under the Executive Branch and I for one want a Government with less power.
Until recently, it was customary for the new President's Chief of Staff to require signed resignation letters from all Executive Office personnel. Then the new President appointed the people he chose for each job, refusing the resignation letters of the staff he chose to retain.
It's not every executive office personnel that's replaced when a new president comes in, usually just the positions that require Senate approval. New secretary of state, secretary of agriculture, secretary of the interior, their direct deputies who are second in command, etc. But the large majority of people who work at these departments or agencies stay on the job however long regular people stay at jobs (cuz they are regular people), from short to essentially their entire career.
It would create so, so much time to retrain new people for all of the official type workers, would lose so much productivity, government services wouldn't continue to function uninterrupted, institutional knowledge is retained. These workers follow the lead of whomever the president appoints and the Senate confirms.
Giving the president that much power is obsurd and should never EVER happen.
Imagine if Biden had that authority now.
I disagree. First off, Biden isn't the president and hasn't been given full powers. President Trump was screwed more than once by people he couldn't get rid of. A President needs to have his own people around him.
Not saying Biden is President. But the thought of a President getting to fire anyone creates a huge problem. If everything gets cleaned up and the DS is removed for ever thats great. But there is a lot that falls under the Executive Branch and I for one want a Government with less power.
Until recently, it was customary for the new President's Chief of Staff to require signed resignation letters from all Executive Office personnel. Then the new President appointed the people he chose for each job, refusing the resignation letters of the staff he chose to retain.
It's not every executive office personnel that's replaced when a new president comes in, usually just the positions that require Senate approval. New secretary of state, secretary of agriculture, secretary of the interior, their direct deputies who are second in command, etc. But the large majority of people who work at these departments or agencies stay on the job however long regular people stay at jobs (cuz they are regular people), from short to essentially their entire career.
It would create so, so much time to retrain new people for all of the official type workers, would lose so much productivity, government services wouldn't continue to function uninterrupted, institutional knowledge is retained. These workers follow the lead of whomever the president appoints and the Senate confirms.