[FITZ]

Government employees are only part of the problem.

They aren't --- all kinds of people who receive mainly taxpayer dollars in order to be paid are part of the problem --- which means health care providers --- for the portion of the work they do for those without private insurance, and educators who aren't teaching in private schools. Far too many jobs now rely on money coming from the government --- we've given up our manufacturing and wealth creating jobs.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Isn't it true that government workers have a separate system from Social Security too?

In other words, they are also tax exempt.. social security IS a general fund tax item.

not only do they get MORE money than we do, they don't have it taxed the same way and have private retirement accounts separate from the rest of us, so that they end up not paying the basic social security taxes either.

disgusting.