[masadaman]

But this Great Depression if it arrives will be different for many reasons, not the least of which will be the millions of people who did not and will not lose their job because they work for government, federal or state or local. Will the rest of us stand by having the private sector destroyed while folks who happen to work for your local dog catcher or in the Department of Interior budget office don’t pay any price?

When FDR became President, government workers were an inconsequential factor and most of his proposals to get the nation out of Depression were essentially creating work via government programs. Fearful that this pattern will emerge again such that the private sector is completely decimated.

[Fury]

I think you will start to see furloughs of government workers fairly soon at the local, county and state level.