[A. Pole]

But I bet that future graduates in math, science, or engineering will have more potential employers knocking on their doors than graduates in, say, Classical Studies or Women's Studies.

You mentioned clearances, so you think about tax based jobs, yes?

Now, I would not put Classical Studies and Women's Studies in the same category. The first give you a real education for your mind, the second are a cruel joke.

[LadyNavyVet]

Yes, contractor jobs, even regular government jobs like those horribly intrusive mathematicians at NSA who are listening in to terrorists' conversations trying to keep them from killing us. Please tell me you don't begrudge them their salaries because they're (gasp!) federal employees.

Our troops in Iraq are federal employees, too. Some good, honorable people work for the government doing complex, difficult jobs.