This thread is a mirror of the nation we live in: nearly as many posts by government workers as by those who pay for the government.
Many of us remember that when we were young we might see, during the course of a day, a postal worker, a cop, some teachers and a county road grader or snowplow driver...that was government for us and we were grateful for it.
Those workers saw themselves as public servants and we were glad that they (and of course ALL military personnel) were on the job.
Nowadays I can’t turn around but to encounter an imperious tax assessor, tax collector, building inspector, fee collector, councilman, commissioner, regulator, permitter, faculty member, government union boss, designated government protected identity group member (or his or her lawyer), etc. etc. etc.
Those who are paying the tax bill are now also somehow working FOR those who collect and spend the proceeds. And they not only tell me what to do and how much it will cost me for the privilege, many of them also seem to despise me for trying to do anything at all.
Furthermore, as can be seen in this thread, they also wish to make clear just how damn tough they have it, apparently because of ingrates like me.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Is the narrative is now taking a 180 turn now that Dear Leader has got a 2nd term? In 2 years, Obama has made federal employees destitute, too!
http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/
so soon we'll see sites like this for federal employees?
Good points, Whitey.
Notice that the ones I asked if they were at work when posting responses didn’t answer.
-— This thread is a mirror of the nation we live in: nearly as many posts by government workers as by those who pay for the government. -—
I noticed that too. But it is a thread about govt employees.
otoh, we’re screwed.