It’s far easier to gin up sympathy for a fellow who actually braved the musket and cannon balls of the British, than for some droid in the DMV who makes continual smart aleck remarks at the sheeple because it’s such a boring (though nicely benefitted) job.
It’s very simple. Public employees have a monopoly. If they charge too much or work too little, we cannot seek relief in the market. This is why they cost too much and work too little. I would support the organization of public employees if relieved of my obligation to patronize them. Privatize schools and services and let the market decide.
I can have more respect for a union guy who plows my street after a snowfall than I do for a grinning fascist government goon who tells me I need a $500 permit to work on my house.
Reform the retards.
Best line of a great article, suitable for liberal bludgeoning.