Firing civil servants doesn't make sense

Federal employee salaries make up just 4% of the budget—roughly $271 billion. So even if every federal worker were fired, that’s the maximum you’d save. Meanwhile, the U.S. House GOP has released a budget that raises the debt limit by $4 trillion. People’s lives are being upended and destroyed. For every 1% increase in unemployment, 40,000 people die—yet you and your Republican colleagues are celebrating. What is the REAL reason you are supporting efforts to fire civil servants? The numbers don't make sense.