I read the bottom of your post. Your position is not what I was calling out.
Ok Let’s have a gedanken experiment:.
There are makes and takers. ALL government employees take from the treasury.
Letting them go even if only 10% become productive wage earners and tax payers is a net positive.
They are not tax payers as their entire salary is an expense to the treasury. Even if they file a tax return.
Let’s do some math:
Gov employee salary + benefits $140,000.
Fired.
Gets private sector job at $75,000
Pays 12,000 in personal income tax
Net benefit to treasury is actually $158,000.
But really much more because that company he/she work for will profit on average another $14,000. Which the gov will get 15-28% of unless it is reinvested for more economic growth.