[The Comedian]

Tear up the roads, fire the cops, close the libraries, but dear gawd in Washington, don't even think about firing government parasite employees or cutting off their crippling tax-funded pension plans.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Lurker]

Tear up the roads, fire the cops, close the libraries, but dear gawd in Washington, don't even think about firing government parasite employees or cutting off their crippling tax-funded pension plans.

I said it above. That's precisely why those things are targeted first.

These people are beyond mere evil. They're our masters, and they mean to keep things the way they are no matter how many lives they have to destroy to do it.

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[Dem Guard]

"Tear up the roads, fire the cops, close the libraries,"

Sounds like a fine starting point for DC. lol

[dirtboy]

Tear up the roads, fire the cops, close the libraries, but dear gawd in Washington, don't even think about firing government parasite employees or cutting off their crippling tax-funded pension plans.

That's how government employment works.

When the tax revenues drop off, the administrative fat, which could be cut with no noticeable effect, is left in place. Instead, they cut the muscle - the cops, the prison guards, the libraries, the highways - the knife goes right to the small percentage of government employees that actually do something useful - to 'demonstrate' to the public that no cuts can be made without pain.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

Tear up the roads, fire the cops, close the libraries, but dear gawd in Washington, don't even think about firing government parasite employees or cutting off their crippling tax-funded pension plans.

That's exactly it.