Dem aides could face massive layoffs

[Lamplighter]

Lately, I am finding myself not wanting/willing to read links or long quotation passages
when there is no commentary by the Dwellar saying why the post is being made and/or their interest in it.
So, I've just now read your link.

I'm not seeing anything unusual in the article as that's just the way it is in government service.
The Feds are not any different than the States, the Counties, the Cities, etc.
Having been in State government, I have served "at the pleasure of the Governor" who in turn serves "at the pleasure of the People".

The only real structural impact of elections that bothers me comes from the fall out of "limited term" elections.
That is, when a politician is allowed to serve only 2 terms (e.g., 2 yrs each)
there is a significant loss of "institutional memory" as person after person leaves office,
and it's only the peripatetic members of their staff who keep some aspects of government
from falling into the most recent fad(s) of populist black holes.

It's sort of fun to watch politicians campaign by promising to serve for only one or two terms,
but then see them change their stripes when it comes time to step down.
With experience comes the wisdom of how the government really works,
and most politicians are not smart enough to learn everything
they need to know in their 1st or even their 2nd term in office.