You are wrong on two fronts.
These people didn’t give a $hit about the rest of us.
Excuse me?!??!? I don't care for my fellow man. HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH AN ACCUSATION! Didn't you even bother to read what I posted about my wages and how much this will hurt me personally? I am part of "the rest of us."
You make a blanket statement about the mindset of federal employees that is wrong. People who make such statements are fomenting hatred for those of us who are trying to affect change in how the federal system works.
They continued to vote their own self-interest.
Again, wrong. There are many federal employees who voted against O. The problem is this; there are too many who outvoted those who don't vote for their "own self-interest" and do vote for what's best for the country. Again, a blanket statement made in ignorance.
I hope we have hoards of them in the streets out of work, and the sooner the better for us all!
What an absolutely pathetic thing for someone to hope for. How can you sleep at night knowing what kind of horror you wish upon those who struggle to make ends meet?
Pathetic.
Like Libloather said, public employees are like ticks on a dog! Sure there may be some who are worried about our country, but that worry is eclipsed by their own self-interest. Just look at the “news” about Los Angeles today! Ninety-one percent of the city’s budget is employee cost. I don’t know of any business that could survive having that kind of an employee burden. Public Employees have been riding the gravy train since the end of WWII, but their “train” has run out of gas ( read other people’s money). If we really took a look at the cost/benefit of what government is “providing,” we would put a huge percentage of them out of their jobs immediately. My comment still stands. I don’t think that the average public employee gives a $hit about those who pay his salary and benefits. He has deluded himself into actually believing that he is important to the rest of us and “deserves” everything that’s been promised him. Hopefully, Detroit under receivership will finally get the changes needed to become viable once again. I am sorry that you have had economic issues, but so have we. I am retired. I provided for my own retirement. I don’t get a pension from anyone. So when the economy “collapsed” (read the greedy bastards in New York screwed us all so their kids could continue to go to private school) we lost 30% of what we had invested for our retirement. At 72, I am not in a position to go back to work like you, so our remaining lives have been permanently altered. So I am just taking the position that you public employees have had all along. “Screw you guys,” I don’t give a $hit whether you have a job or not. You sure as hell didn’t care about what you were doing to me!