“Your assumption...is that public employees exist to take two-hour lunch breaks and connive for extra time off. Sorry. I call BS on that sort of thinking.”
I’ve had a lifetime of opportunity to observe public employees as has everyone on this site. Calling BS on your long-suffering customers makes you look silly and underscores the “let them eat cake” mentality that we as customers see all the time from government workers.
See, in the private sector, when my customers are unhappy we either improve service or go out of business. In the public sector, workers simply blame their customers and demand more of their money, regardless of the level of service.
“The assumption is that public servants should simply sacrifice their dreams and the livelihoods they have tried to fashion for their families because they’re all cheats.”
You don’t seem to have a problem sacrificing my family and dreams through higher taxes, but there you go. It is another example of the “let them eat cake” mentality that we see in government. I don’t owe you a living and you don’t owe me one.
Also, I didn’t call you a cheat. I wrote that we (your customers) do not receive enough value from public sector employees and that it is time to cut. The alternative is for public employees to improve their service, which I cynically believe will never happen as long as they are unionized.
It’s dangerous to view *all* public employees in your light... as the military are public employees, too.
And do you really think that DoD military and civilians simply sit on their @ss trying to scam more money off your back?
I said no such thing. My argument was against those who seem to believe that simply because someone chooses a career of public service they are automatically chattel. And you know there are plenty of people who think like that on this site. We have family and dreams too. I understand nothing is guaranteed in life. However, I refuse to accept second-class citizenship because I chose to serve the public. End of.