There is no reason for extremely well paid civil servants to have anything near the retirement and health plans of the military, whose pay is regularly among the lowest and whose after-service payments have been referred to a deferred pay.
The defense provided by the military is the single most important function of the government. Everything else is less important. Everything.
That a so-called “Education” Department civil servant should make more than a troop risking his life on the line is an abomination. That their benefits should in any way compare with the deferred pay of the military....and sometimes exceed it...is a crime.
The same for the a host of other departments and agencies that Ron Paul, candidate for president, has seriously target for closure because of no value returned.
On the other hand, the threats from China, Iran, Russia, Al Qaeda, etc., are very real.
I had a cushy job later on that put me on the streets of downtown America at 2 AM on many occasions. I certainly risked my life there.
I don't think you ever risked your life.
I have no doubt you're the kind of person we wouldn't have let near the trash compactors.
Govt workers are mostly mini-madoffs with their pay, benes, and expectations.
Good Points, all. The The liberal politicians and bureaucrats are destroying the financial health of this nation. I just wonder when the anvil will fall on America.
Concerning Ron Paul: Libertarians don’t believe in the military. Yet, they lock their cars and homes. They don’t make sense.