I work for Uncle Sam, and I’m proud of it

I am a federal bureaucrat. A professional government employee. And guess what? I’m damn proud of it.

It seems that all I hear these days are the once and future leaders of our country tripping over themselves to denigrate the work we do. I’m tired of it, and I’m fed up. I don’t claim to represent anyone other than myself, but I would bet that a fair number of federal employees feel as I do.

We are lawyers, doctors, PhD students, economists, writers, electricians, construction workers, security officers and technology specialists. 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.

It’s a shame that my post caused you to take such offense.

I guess it struck a nerve ‘cause you just won’t let this go.

Get that box of kleenex out yet?

You can’t take it. The horror of horrors. You’re non-essential.

In the grand scheme, I am non-essential. The world will go on without me, and my wife and son will have to look elsewhere for their bailouts. (lol)

Thanks Night Hides Not. Demagogic Party talking point shill Jason Ullner whines:

I am a federal bureaucrat. A professional government employee. And guess what? I’m damn proud of it. It seems that all I hear these days are the once and future leaders of our country tripping over themselves to denigrate the work we do. I’m tired of it, and I’m fed up. I don’t claim to represent anyone other than myself, but I would bet that a fair number of federal employees feel as I do. We are lawyers, doctors, PhD students, economists, writers, electricians, construction workers, security officers and technology specialists. 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.

Nope, sorry, you didn't build that.

Oh, and FYI -- this swill was first shilled by the Washington Post February 26, 2012. That was some time before Obama et al stood by as most of the US diplomatic staff in Libya was slaughtered by jihadists, so he said "How about my fellow Foreign Service officers, who put themselves in harm’s way in Baghdad, Kabul, Damascus and hundreds of other places around the world?"

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