[Night Hides Not]

Lots of cheese necessary for all that whine.

[who knows what evil?]

Damn! My ‘bullshit detector’ just buried the needle...

[BO Stinkss]

I hope he finally convinced himself how important he is. Better put him on suicide watch.

[grobdriver]

We are not a drain on the national economy

Yes, you are - every time you get a paycheck.

[Daveinyork]

And how many of them would we actually hire, if we actually had a choice?

[Turbo Pig]

From the article: "We don’t do our jobs for glory, or money or power. We do them — and do them well — because we take pride in our work and pride in representing the United States of America".

I call BS; 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.

[Sacajaweau]

you don’t get it....every government job means one less in the private sector.

[jtal]

we are a primary reason why the United States remains as great as it is.

Wow. That is positively delusional.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

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.

The exact opposite is true.

[Diogenesis]

State Dept employee: "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."

Nonsense. They have aided and abetted al Qaeda.
They armed al Qaeda.
And they have made Americans their enemy.

[nascarnation]

When I visited DC, I realized how widespread and deep the prosperity is there.

The men wear 1000 dollar suits, and the women 400 dollar dresses, handbags, and shoes.

[RightGeek]

Jason claims to be in the State Dept. I wonder if he organizes Gay Pride rallies in foreign lands.

[Sacajaweau]

your bio says you’re a cpa

[Future Snake Eater]

Undoubtedly true in some regards, but these are the kinds of people who make their own processes almost impossibly dense. Any military mission nowadays is typically fairly easy to get done. The really difficult part is navigating the related bureaucracies for funding, approval, communications, security, etc.

[C. Edmund Wright]

....he might as well have said “I’m a transgender child molester with no discernible skills, and I’m proud of it.....”

[CodeToad]

Since the vast majority of the federal government is well outside the limits of the Constitution, it stands to reason that so are the vast majority of federal employees.

[Jack Hammer]

Forget the shovel and get out the snorkel; the Obama horse sh*t’s neck deep out there and getting deeper by the minute.

[Darteaus94025]

Journalism major trying to impress WP editor.

Future Crackhead

[trubolotta]

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.

[winner3000]

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.

[ravenwolf]

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.