to make people think the government shut down will have a long-term negative repercussions.
First, if people left the government, that would be great. Let’s have a whole bunch of them leave. And don’t come back. Go work for a living for a change.
Second, it won’t happen. They don’t want to work for a living. They have the cushiest situation there is. And for the vast majority of them, a government shutdown is a paid vacation.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/during-shutdown-federal-employees-considered-leaving-government-work-11549038667