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Thankfully, his anti-regulation stance is going to have a lot of opposition, particularly from the net neutrality crowd (including powerful allies like Google). But still - it's not like any of the other agencies like the EPA got a better head.

Particularly with the federal hiring freeze, I wonder what DC's workforce is thinking right now.

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I think DC's workforce is thinking about getting into contracting or consulting. Anytime Republicans cut into the actual federal workforce they just make up for it with outside contracting. Then they can say they cut the workforce while still paying 2.5X+ the amount they would if they just hired someone.

This is very trhe but you left out the key part: contracting companies are usually very profitable and that can translate into political funding. Government agencies are prohibited from direct support and the non-defense workforce has been the punching bag for so long that they're not going to donate personally to the party which has been attacking them.

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