by Kathryn Watson.  Federal workers are far more likely to be audited by the IRS or get 
arrested for drunk driving than they are to be fired from the civil 
service payroll for poor performance or misconduct. The odds are one-in-175 for the IRS audit and one-in-200 for the 
drunk driving arrest, while the odds for a fed to be fired in a given 
year are one-in   ... MORE