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many people who initially started their jobs as an appointment are later hired as regular full-time federal employees to fill vacancies which open-up as a result of someone retiring or leaving their jobs for some other reason.
...it's called NEPOTISM
NOUN
1.the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
synonyms: favoritism · preferential treatment · the old boy network
...the fact that no other president has ever asked for the power to shitcan these folks is living testimony as to the inbred corruption of the system. It is exactly what Trump is opposed to and one of the things that Bernie Sanders was opposed to. It's about time somebody did it.

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!