Let's have some good talking points...

Here are some talking points I want people to have on hand for people who don't understand what's going on.

1) Federal Civilian Pay is 4.3% of the federal budget. Fire all the feds and you are still spending nearly 96% of the current amount.

2) While the richest man in the world is ILLEGALLY firing federal employees under the auspices of "saving money," the republicans want to add $4 TRILLION to the debt to pass a massive tax cut package for the ultra wealthy. No people like you and me. The ultra, ultra wealthy. And that never results in jobs btw.

3) We are all in agreement that there should be greater efficiency and better processes in government! But that's not what's happening right now - this is indiscriminate firing not based on agency need, performance, or anything else.

4) These aren't layoffs like what happen in private sector (which are also heartbreaking!). These are indiscriminate firings happening by email at night, by people who call us leeches, dox federal employees on twitter, and are subjecting us to all kinds of harassment.