Not.
Just take a look at these Federal Times polls of US government workers. Not very happy campers. If their agency offered buyouts for which they were eligible 82 percent of those polled would take them. 81 percent thinks “Bush’s proposal for a $500 million performance fund — to reward top- performing employees with raises above an across-the-board 2 percent raise” is a bad idea. Etc. etc. Mr Bush has such a way of winning
people over…
Thanks to the Sandwichman over at Max’s.