Unpopular opinion: late-career feds eligible for VERA need to retire

I'm prepared to get a good bit of flack for this opinion that's contrary to the spirit of solidarity, but so be it. Throw away account for obvious reasons.

Fed folks who are late in their career and eligible for early retirement through VERA need to strongly consider taking the buyout in an act of compassion towards their fellow early- and mid-career colleagues.

I'm an early career SY, no longer on probation. But I work in a lab where there are several older scientists that have lost their vigor and passion for the job and have become the proverbial chair warmers that other federal employees get stereotyped as.

Now, I'm in no way saying all late-career folks are like this, but these other SYs are a drain on resources that I could desperately use in my growing research program, and it would help in reducing the work force.

I'm hoping to avoid a debate about theorizing what the ultimate goals of the administration are, but it's very clear that we're facing a situation where agencies need to be lean. The fewer people, the smaller the target. Instead of creating a situation where more early/mid career folks will get fired, I genuinely believe those who can walk away from this with early retirement and full benefits need to strongly consider what they're contributing to the mission by staying.

What say you, Reddit?

EDIT: Apparently late-career means something different to me than many others. This post is aimed at the 60+ crowd who are currently eligible for retirement or close enough that VERA changes the timing of their retirement by a year or two.

There also seem to be a lot of assumptions about where I am in my career. I am 47, but consider myself early career as I only joined federal service six years ago after discontent with private sector life led me to start a PhD at 31, finishing at 35, then six years of postdoc'ing before finding a perm position that suited my goals in fed. I love my job, I do not love that I have to share a collective budget with older feds who no longer have the motivation to do good science. They get the same fraction of our overall operating budget as I do, but their output is a fraction of what mine is. That may sound arrogant, but is easily quantifiable based on number and quality of peer-reviewed publications I produce in comparison to them.