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Public Servants or Parasites?
American Thinker ^ | 11 Feb, 2021 | John Green

Posted on 02/11/2021 4:24:47 AM PST by MtnClimber

I have a question. When did politicians and federal employees start calling themselves “public servants”? Even more importantly, why are we letting them? It’s almost as if they’re trying to claim the mantle of nobility for making a sacrifice in the public interest. But I don’t understand what that sacrifice is. They’re paid better and have better benefits than most private-sector employees. They’re rarely held accountable for their performance. Why do we treat them as if they’re serving a higher calling than any other profession in the country?

Take Joe Biden, for example. He claims to have been in public service for over 50 years. But what has he done in that time? He was the first senator to initiate a personal attack on a Supreme Court nominee. His attack on Robert Bork was shameful, and helped create the current environment of Supreme Court politicization. He also used the power of his office to enrich his family members. Exactly how did lunch-bucket Joe become a multimillionaire on the salary of a politician? I fail to see how that has been a service to the country.

Joe certainly isn’t alone. Was Nancy Pelosi serving the public interests when she withheld COVID-19 relief for months -- just to deny President Trump a win? Was she also serving her constituents when she bought stock in Tesla just days before President Asterisk signed an order directing all agencies to switch to electric cars? There’s a term for that -- “insider trading.” Being the civic-minded public servant she is, I’m sure she’ll be sharing her windfall with her constituents.

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1 posted on 02/11/2021 4:24:47 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I am counting to 10,000 to consider what I want to put on an open internet site!!! Parasite is way too polite though.


2 posted on 02/11/2021 4:25:21 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Bureaucracy Kills: A Lesson from Rome
3 posted on 02/11/2021 4:26:13 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: MtnClimber

I have long called them Public Serpents.


4 posted on 02/11/2021 4:27:20 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: MtnClimber

When did politicians and federal employees start calling themselves “public servants”?>>>>>>>>>>>

That’s simple. When they began to be controlled by federal bureaucrac AKA “The Swamp.” ( FBI, DOJ, CIA, IRS)

That would be along about 1963 or so, shortly after Eisenhower.It really got a jump under LBJ.


5 posted on 02/11/2021 4:31:37 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: MtnClimber

Leeches because they suck life from the public.


6 posted on 02/11/2021 4:32:04 AM PST by eeriegeno (A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people t)
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To: MtnClimber

Public servants have become the public masters. If I said what I’d like to do to them I’d get thrown off this site.


7 posted on 02/11/2021 4:34:58 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: MtnClimber

Parasitic Public Pissants


8 posted on 02/11/2021 4:37:39 AM PST by twister881
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To: eeriegeno
A few examples of the raping and pillaging of the public purse:

Impeachment Trial (twice)
Covid
Climate Change
Stimulus for States
Catch and Release
Socialized medicine
Foreign abortions

9 posted on 02/11/2021 4:37:54 AM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: MtnClimber

Clinton invented that phrase.


10 posted on 02/11/2021 4:43:32 AM PST by HIDEK6 (F God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: MtnClimber

They call themselves public servants because they intensely desire to be applauded as the most intelligent and popular of all people, and seen as champions of the truth and fighters for the good. But in reality they live grossly hypocritical lives. They are power thirsty whitewashed tombs that on the outside appear beautiful and good but inside are filled with resentment, envy, hatred, death wishing, violence, and lies. (Matthew 23: 25-28) And because they enjoy abusing and tormenting other people they project their own evil onto them, thereby magically transforming them into official enemies.(i.e.., Trump and his supporters) Then they, these phony public servants, destroy these very dangerous ‘evil-doers’ in the name of their own phony righteousness.


11 posted on 02/11/2021 4:45:23 AM PST by spirited irish ( )
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To: MtnClimber; Fred Nerks

They are all parasitically inclined, even those who seem the most heroic, They also tend to be Narcists, like Mussolini,Hitler and Nicolas Chousescue were. America is about to awaken and there may be many of these parasites going the way of Nicolas Chousescue.

The days of the humble plowshare politician ended a long time ago. President Trump as a self made man, independent of their parasitic ways,was a throwback.He was changing the trend and they hate him for it.

The battle now being waged is for the heart and soul of a duly Constituted America, This bogus impeachment will lead to a bogus America if Trump is found guilty. President Trump is not a public servant, He serves no one. He represents the People.

These fascist now in power serve themselves and a draconian , totalitarian government.They serve the people if one assumes that enslavement is a service.

The result of their fascist machinations will be a real Insurrection against them, not the insignificant little false flag spat on the hill they left organized and which they falsely aggrandize now.Its right out of the AlINSKY PLAY BOOK.

Now patriotic America gives them as much rope as they want to hang themselves.And hang they shall from the Tree of Liberty.


12 posted on 02/11/2021 4:46:53 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Joe 6-pack

I call them the enemy within.


13 posted on 02/11/2021 4:47:25 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: MtnClimber

Deadheads


14 posted on 02/11/2021 4:47:36 AM PST by abb
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To: mewzilla

THAT is the key to the period of time and eons before.

Since Ugg became chief of his cave and those who sheltered in it had requests of Ugg to fix things, plan things, - heck Ugg was only the Strongest male there, he was Not the smartest.

Along slithered the sycophants of Ugg, they took away his grief and told him they would make up rules to help the people so Ugg could go about doing what Ugg did best.

Since that time, we see the efforts of “clerical assistants, Eunuch, civil Servants, Clerks, scribes, public servant etc et.

They are ALL from the same blood brood sect.

You cannot Fire them
You cannot Question them
You cannot Appeal against their written word or action
You cannot in any way shape of form stop them from increasing in number, should you try they go on strike and get More than they ask for to start “work” again.
They control EVERY facet of every life Globally.
They are the core of the largest GLOBAL sect that everyone hates but no-one can do anything about.

IIRC It was at one time in the early part of the Web internet starting up in earnest that a study of many of the positions that would be effected by this wonderful research and communications system was that in point of fact at that time the heads of these unelected career slugs stated that they needed to boost their numbers by 100% to take on the greater work load.

In fact the study showed that due to things like word and office etc and databases, that the numbers of these slugs could actually be reduced by 75 to 80% as there was Not the paper shuffle of old nor the double entry book keeping etc that was done manually in past generations.

SLUG — Slow Lazy Uncoordinated Grubs

MH here.

Blessings


15 posted on 02/11/2021 5:07:36 AM PST by wombatsrule
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I am a landlord. I can do any repair and put on roofs. I am forbidden by LAW from doing anything beyond a small wall repair or patching a “small” section of roof. Why? Politicians pandering to big contributors have passed legislation to help those big contributors. And, of course, big contributors are being hit the same way. A man running a company has to, in some cases, pay unemployment insurance that equals one hundred and fifty percent of the hourly wage. (This isn’t insurance. It’s a tax on hiring people.) Companies have to pay for bonds and other types of insurance. So, when a landlord needs a roof, or anything else, the base labor cost is generally in the $150 per hour range. A roof I can put on for the cost of materials, say, $3500 for the best metal, and put up over a weekend, will cost between $15,000 and $20,000. (The last time I had to do a roof, the market was depressed and I found a contractor just desperate to keep his crew together and it cost me $9,000 for one day’s labor of his whole crew. It was a bargain. I already had all the materials, including metal caulk and screws.)

Then there is policing for profit. Pulling people over and issuing tickets for a burned out license plate bulb. A buddy just got pulled over because the cop said his bulb was too dim. The tech savvy buddy pointed out the cruiser was equipped with a laser tag reader that didn’t require visible light. The cop looked at him for a long moment and issued a warning instead. And, as for quotas, a high ranking Florida Highway Patrol officer send a general email telling the troopers. It instructed them in no uncertain terms that they needed funding and to get out there and write tickets. Someone sent it to a local radio station and it was soon all over the news. Now, what he said was long term policy but they had to fire him anyway for appearances.

People I know who used to be very pro police and pro good government policy have turned into cynics.


16 posted on 02/11/2021 5:11:17 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: MtnClimber

Way back when, some 40-50 years ago public employees would take those jobs, less of a salary, but gaurenteed a job.
Today, they make more money, do less work and can’t be fired!


17 posted on 02/11/2021 5:15:18 AM PST by magyars4 (To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men!)
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To: MtnClimber

Andy Warhol said that, in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

What if we turn the Public Servant thing around? What if government people are explicitly called “special”. You have to bow to them. They cannot be prosecuted for crimes.

Let people be Public Servants for 15 minutes. Or maybe 2 years. Who would think it wise to make anyone “special” for 50 years? You end up with someone like Joe Biden that way.

It’s like Alinksy said — push the negative until it becomes a positive. Those government guys? They’re just BETTER than you. So, what are you going to do about it? Maybe replace them with tremendous frequency. Don’t let anyone settle into power.


18 posted on 02/11/2021 5:21:51 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: MtnClimber
Parasites!!

ML/NJ

19 posted on 02/11/2021 5:26:10 AM PST by ml/nj (DITCH MITCH !)
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To: Candor7

One is 25 humans is sociopath. Lacks conscience, self-centered. These become the best liars, having a need to pretend or act emotions so as to “fit in” with those who are not sociopaths.

My guess is that at least two out of ten in government is a sociopath. Spociopaths crave having power and control over others, and are skilled at presenting the fiction that they can be trusted.


20 posted on 02/11/2021 5:29:36 AM PST by Cboldt
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