All this poverty and on the flip-side government employees routinely retire in their 50s with gold plated tax paid pensions and top shelf medical benefits.
I know cops who retired at 50, with nearly $80,000 per year for life not to mention those top shelf medical benefits...
All while the private sector tax slaves and what is left of the middle class get economically gang banged by those in government.
....add while “working” (guaranteed),
free accounting paid by others,
free legal paid by others,
free transportation/fuel paid by the mile or free vehicle,
free “supplies” (also free at others expenses)......
free utilities
fixed time/hrs,
guaranteed employment even with contraction/deflation....
and when private business cannot pass these on due to disproportionate taxation and the economy deflating, they still must time intensive meet the above. Time is money.