Our new overlords are a bit more ruthless than you seem to think. Intimidation appears to be the m.o.

"House Republicans revive obscure rule that allows them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/house-republicans-revive-obscure-rule-that-could-allow-them-to-slash-the-pay-of-individual-federal-workers-to-1/2017/01/04/4e80c990-d2b2-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html?utm_term=.798468eaa6c4