In honor of public servants: The case for making Jan. 6 a national holiday

The Hill ^ | 01/06/2024 | JAMES GOODWIN

[Albion Wilde]

The author, “James Goodwin is a senior policy analyst at the Center for Progressive Reform.”

Say no more. Projection on steroids.

[StAnDeliver]

No traction. None. The sHill is full of these poseur composters.

[Skepolitic]

Is this a spoof? Seriously????

[OHPatriot]

January 6th should be opening day for “Byrd Season.”

[StAnDeliver]

Works for a neogov glove-lovin' neomarxist sockpuppet Swamp money hole called Composters for Centering Judicial Reform or something like that.

"Mr. Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Kalamazoo College, where he received a B.A. with honors in Political Science. LOFL.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Who protects us from “public servants”, like Fauci for example?

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

How about we just reduce the number of federal employees by 2/3s?

[mo]

it should be a memorial day in honor of the political prisoners of the Biden Gang

[CheshireTheCat]

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.

[aculeus]

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.

[38special]

Pension is the key

[bankwalker]

I call them parasites.

[Tax-chick]

Pish.

[AZJeep]

That is about the only case when the government did something useful. Very long time ago!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I have many things I would like to say.

Out of respect for the family friendly nature of this forum and to honor the service of the mods I will not post them.

[wintertime]

Wow! I’m so impressed! Honors in Political Science. /sarc

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He looks exactly how I thought he would.

[Rummyfan]

What the...? NFW!

[rxh4n1]

“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.

[wjr123]

The term “public servant” is an oxymoron.