I only have a hard time believing that government workers are rich. The ones I have dealt with are not. I have ONLY worked with DOD workers. They seem like hard workers to me. I mean they work with the military folks and certainly aren’t running out the door at knock off time. They often begin meetings at 4 when a crises is going on.
I don’t know if they are rich, never said they were, but they are VASTLY overpaid for what they do. My first 2 years and 8 months with the g. were with Dept of Navy here in DC. I was a GS3, I believe, and I was overpaid for what I was doing, and I never worked a second of overtime.
You seem to be fixated on the point that a lot of g. defenders are: Yes, I am sure that out of 1 or 2 million employees, there are at least a few who a. work hard, b. could make more in the priv. sector, and c. (the big one) actually do work that is consitutional in nature and valuable. How many? 3? 300? It ain’t a lot.