Reducing the federal work force

Sometimes things just feel "off"… T-rump came into office with the stated goal of reducing the size of the fr federal government. He leveraged musk to do some fiddling and reduce some of the workers. 

Then it got to the point of being problematic and the courts intervened. 

…and then came the government shutdown.  And let's be honest, this is all on T-rump. It's ostensibly as a means to get some budgetary things he wants through pouting and manipulation of people around him. 

But here's the oddity: he is saying that almost no one who was furloughed (I believe with the exception of the military) will receive back pay for the time they're away from their job. It's a form of what businesses do when they want people to quit: make their lives miserable. 

And maybe I'm dreaming a little, except that I also read that federal workers will see their insurance premiums double next year, eating into their take home pay. They'll be taking a pay cut when they do return. 

Hence, it sure feels like the intent is to get people to leave their jobs in order to reduce that workforce. 

As they say…prove me wrong. I may be. But it's awfully coincidental and convenient.