[East257]

I happen to work (and I do mean WORK) for the Postal Service. I can understand frustration with "Big Stupid Government" in all forms but what I can't fathom is the unbridled hate I see from some posters on forums such as this. Expressing frustration with conditions is one thing, but blanket condemnation of large groups of people is something else. The people I work with are a typical cross section of working class Americans. Some are lazy drones who take advantage of the system while others would be an asset to any organization. When I hired on at the PO twenty years ago I wasn't looking to take advantage of my fellow citizens; I was simply taking the best job available to me at the time. It wasn't until I began reading libertarian writers on the Internet that I came to realize what a vile creature I must be, the Scum of the Earth.

[dennisw]

Don't take it personally. It's easily proven that compensation (salary + benefits) in the public sector is much better than the private sector. Was not always so.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I can understand frustration with "Big Stupid Government" in all forms but what I can't fathom is the unbridled hate I see from some posters on forums such as this

I would guess most people would get a real attitude after working their butts off only to have the government come along and confiscate 50 percent of their hard earned income.

The anger will only grow, once they find out what great benefits, compensation and pensions these government employee's are getting.

[little jeremiah]

I think you may be taking too personally the grievances of the posters here.

Looking at the situation objectively, you must agree that government, both federal and state (and often local as well):

1. Spends too much of OUR money.
2. Takes too much of OUR money.
3. Lavishes too much of OUR money on their own selves, staff, and perks.
4. Always increases the above, and never would think of downsizing the above.
5. Simultaneous to the above, increases the reach and power of government at all levels, with tentacles reaching into every nook and corner of the citizens' private lives and businesses - to the great detriment of said citizens.