President Lincoln was dismayed that after his first election there were droves of office seekers lined up at his office for days on end. When asked what the problem was, he answered that there were just not enough teats on the pig. Much hasn’t changed
It’s been a perception that working for the gov’t. is lifelong job. No worries, there’s always going to be a job.
Federal service runs in our family; my father was a marine engineer on the Panama Canal, my mother was a budget analyst for the Navy, my grandfather a machinist at naval shipyards, my uncle worked at naval shipyards, my cousin works on nuclear subs at naval shipyards, a cousin’s husband is in the Navy, I’m retired USAF (Yeah, I broke the mold). I almost became a civil service employee twice. We work(ed) hard at our jobs.
But my complaint isn’t with their work, it’s with their attitude, that they should be treated differently because they’re somehow “indispensable”. They’re not, no one is.
We’ve gotten to the point though where it’s no longer sustainable. We’re beyond broke.
The piece of garbage occupying 1600 PA Ave. needs to be pushed back and hard.