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Decades/Generations ago, there was the UNWRITTEN government vs. private employment compact that many felt had the proper balance between employment. Much of it boiled down to government workers had stable life-time 9-5 jobs and reasonable retirements in a small slice of total domestic employment.

Private sector employment had better pay, potential rapid merit advancement, no guarantee of job stability, little protection from workplace disruptions but lots of openings in a large employment sector.

It does not take a genius to see how radically this equation has changed. Today, it could be said that all of the advantage lies with government employment unless the person is in the class of a Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos.

What is unsaid in articles like this is the huge weight it gives, economically & politically, to the permanent government bureaucracy. From their comfortable office chairs and massive benefit packages, there is little incentive for them to vote against self interest, which is a permanent STATIST and ever-growing DEMOCRATIC PARTY government!