Gov't service used to be a noble thing. Now it is viewed by some in the public who are insecure about their own jobs as some kind of scam...pathetic.
You said a whole big nonchewable mouthful right there.
Gov't service used to be a noble thing.
Gov't employess used to be polite and helpful and were given politeness in turn.
Anymore a polite gov't employee is a hard thing to find. As for being helpful, that's even more rare.
In addition, if you are a gov't employee you have job security that has no equal.
In today's private sector job sucurity is very very rare, unless you are in one of the big unions.
This wasn't always the case but it has been since the late '70s.
I have nothing personally against any gov't employee but the service I get from the gov't isn't what it used to be.