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""Go out into the real world (commercial/business) and find a job!""

Sir, I live in the "real world", and have done for the past thirty years. Unless, of course, you count those six years in the military as not being in the "real world".

I agree with Almondjoy. Sure, there are large numbers of government jobs that aren't really necessary. However, many of those are administrators. 98% of the rest are doing honest work that needs doing, and that should be done by government.

I lived in Oregon for 2.5 years, and I have family there today. One of them worked for government for eight years. He was a maintence technician at OSU. His job took him into dorm rooms, class rooms, laboratories, horse barns etc., etc. That is an example of job that should be run by the state, for security reasons.

In 1994, I think it was, a referendum passed that required that the benefits of all state employees be reduced by 15%.

Tell me, sir, how you and your family would do if your benefit package were cut by 15%? That includes pension, insurance, vacation days, sick days and I don't remember what all.

98% of the rest are doing honest work

Ha ha - that is a good one. From my own experiences and that of friends (some with over 30+ years in state and federal government) the break down is more like this:

50% are absolute deadwood and worthless. They could be fired/laid off and no one would know the difference.

25% are marginal and if you hold thier feet to the fire and/or sit on them you might get some work out of them

25% are actually good workers and pull the slack for the other 75%

Tell me, sir, how you and your family would do if your benefit package were cut by 15%? That includes pension, insurance, vacation days, sick days and I don't remember what all.

Nonsense!

If that were to happen to me, I'd follow the advice I initially gave - get out of the public trough and get a real job in the private sector!