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I work for Uncle Sam, and I’m proud of it
The Washington Post ^ | 10/2/2013 | Jason Ullner

Posted on 10/02/2013 9:16:14 AM PDT by Night Hides Not

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To: Turbo Pig
outside the military I have yet to meet a government worker who wasn't in it for glory, money, power or the security of a government pension.

LOL! Yes, that's been my experience, too.

I will say that the only exception has been the Park Service and a few people in State (mostly former military) that I have met over the years.

I think one reason Obama wanted to shut down the Park Service is that he realized it's the only functional agency in the US government and the only one that actually seems to have intelligent, dedicated Americans in its employ.

21 posted on 10/02/2013 9:27:56 AM PDT by livius
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To: grobdriver

I’ve noticed none of the (few) gubmint workers on FR are not around lately.....


22 posted on 10/02/2013 9:28:25 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Turbo Pig

From my experience, government employees spend their days looking for an opportunity to deny a “civilian” the liberty to pursue happiness.


23 posted on 10/02/2013 9:28:33 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Night Hides Not

Typical elitist arrogance. I wonder what this dip s**t is worth in the private sector, if anyone would even hire someone with an ego this inflated with his own hot air.


24 posted on 10/02/2013 9:29:28 AM PDT by trubolotta
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To: Night Hides Not

I bet the Compost wouldn’t run an editorial: “I’m a taxpayer and I am sick of being raped by the government”.

Come to think of it, any Compost reporter could have written this Oped as they already think and act like they work for the government and for Obama.


25 posted on 10/02/2013 9:30:16 AM PDT by winner3000
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To: Turbo Pig

Ted Cruz, Clarence Thomas, Sam Alio, and Antonin Scalia are real Americans.
But otherwise you are pretty close.


26 posted on 10/02/2013 9:30:54 AM PDT by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: Night Hides Not

Just a bunch of names, if that is not a drain on the country then there is no drain, if the Government controls a job it costs several times what it costs if they are not involved.

14 Government overseers and one worker and the worker is not Government.


27 posted on 10/02/2013 9:32:09 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: grobdriver
Yes, you are - every time you get a paycheck.

IMHO, there's one agency out there that's doing it right: the FDIC. When the bank crisis hit 4-5 years ago, they hired 1500-2000 employees (I could be wrong on the numbers), all as terms, i.e. two year contracts, with the FDIC option for two additional years.

I am one of those, and I can honestly say I've paid for my salary many times over. One example: two years ago, I was asked to do a quick forensic analysis of a borrower's tax returns in preparation for a settlement conference. Their original offer was about 40% of a property originally appraised at $40 million.

After reviewing the tax returns (I have 30+ years of tax return experience), I prepared a list of questions for my supervisor to ask, and they proved to be "uncomfortable."

Shortly after, the next offer came in above $25 million, or nearly $10 million above the first.

The federal government would be wise to follow the FDIC example: a smaller, permanent, cadre staff, hiring term workers to fill in the gaps as needed.

28 posted on 10/02/2013 9:33:59 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: Night Hides Not

not all are bad....just most.


29 posted on 10/02/2013 9:34:43 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: Night Hides Not

I guess that they can hold their heads up high......

While standing in the unemployment line.


30 posted on 10/02/2013 9:35:11 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: Night Hides Not

I Am Winston Smith. Like you, just better.


31 posted on 10/02/2013 9:36:40 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Sacajaweau
your bio says you’re a cpa

Thanks for reminding me I need to update it. I'm "inactive" now, and will likely never return to accounting. I also have no desire to prepare any more tax returns.

32 posted on 10/02/2013 9:37:00 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: Night Hides Not
"We are not a drain on the national economy"

Yes you are.

You consume 25% of what we produce for no apparent effect except the retardation of economic activity.

33 posted on 10/02/2013 9:39:28 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I REFUSE!)
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To: Night Hides Not

“We are not a drain on the national economy”

We do not do anything and accomplish nothing but we are not a drain! We are a sink hole.


34 posted on 10/02/2013 9:40:43 AM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country)
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To: Night Hides Not
We are not a drain on the national economy; rather, we are a primary reason why the United States remains as great as it is.

Har!!!!

35 posted on 10/02/2013 9:40:50 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Night Hides Not

It’s not a question of your work, it’s the overall necessity of it. How much redundancy? How much over staffing? How many defunct and useless departments?

You, Mr. author can’t tell me, the citizen that pays your salary that there isn’t dead wood and fat to trim. If you say there isn’t then your a liar.

I personally don’t care if a large cooperation has deadwood and the reason I don’t is companies create wealth, they are what makes up the GDP. Government takes from the GDP and is a parasite sucking the life out of it’s citizens and all productive entities that are America.


36 posted on 10/02/2013 9:41:41 AM PDT by Farnsworth ("The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no)
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To: Night Hides Not

Is it the woman going into Commerce Department headquarters to support U.S. companies abroad?...Why does any private business need government help? Are we picking winners and losers again?


37 posted on 10/02/2013 9:42:50 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I’ve noticed none of the (few) gubmint workers on FR are not around lately.....

They'd have to FReep on their own time.

38 posted on 10/02/2013 9:43:38 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Night Hides Not

They don’t produce anything useful. They prevent others from doing so while sucking on their recirculating debt.


39 posted on 10/02/2013 9:43:47 AM PDT by familyop
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To: Night Hides Not

The great majority of government “workers” I have met in my 70 years have not been hard-working, dedicated and caring. Most couldn’t hold a job in the private sector. The guy in this article is quite the self-polishing whiner. I have some relatives like him...insufferable boors.


40 posted on 10/02/2013 9:44:20 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Rehabilitation Camp?)
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