Posted on 01/06/2024 12:30:02 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
As a scientist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Frances Kelsey single-handedly prevented thalidomide, a drug now infamous for causing horrific birth defects, from reaching patients in the United States. Today, 70 years later, we Americans are fortunate to have thousands of people like Dr. Kelsey working across the federal government to protect us not just from dangerous pharmaceuticals, but also from banks that might cheat us out of our hard-earned money and from employers who think nothing of risking their workers’ lives.
Instead of being celebrated, though, our public servants find themselves the target of escalating political attacks.
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Say no more. Projection on steroids.
Is this a spoof? Seriously????
January 6th should be opening day for “Byrd Season.”
"Mr. Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Kalamazoo College, where he received a B.A. with honors in Political Science. LOFL.
Who protects us from “public servants”, like Fauci for example?
How about we just reduce the number of federal employees by 2/3s?
it should be a memorial day in honor of the political prisoners of the Biden Gang
Full disclosure, I’ve spent more years of my working life working in government versus the private sector.
On balance, I encountered more nasty, power-hungry people in the private sector and also more stupidity by a slight margin.
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That being said, it is public servants such as Fauci, Collins, Burk, and others who killed millions with the vaxseems and Covid protocols.
Until dozens of other so-called “public servants” at the FDA, NIH, CDC, in state and county departments of health, etc. come forward as whistleblowers, government workers as a class of people deserve a reputation for being corrupt, incompetent, and a host of other terms I leave to other posters on this thread to suggest.
Please stop calling people who are employed by the government “public servants.”
Here’s a partial list what attracts many people to those jobs.
Generous vacations, sick leave, virtual job security (do they ever fire people?) Layoff people because of recession?
I went to NYC high schools with guys who planned to work 20-25 years with the NYPD and retire in their forties with a generous pension.
Pension is the key
I call them parasites.
Pish.
That is about the only case when the government did something useful. Very long time ago!
Out of respect for the family friendly nature of this forum and to honor the service of the mods I will not post them.
Wow! I’m so impressed! Honors in Political Science. /sarc
“I went to NYC high schools with guys who planned to work 20-25 years with the NYPD and retire in their forties with a generous pension.”
Backloaded pensions, they pile on the overtime in the last few years and retire early with huge payments.
The term “public servant” is an oxymoron.
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