Clearly most in private sector can't afford to provide their employees with matching government paid holidays off work. No?
Can government afford to continue paying tens of thousands of government employees for not working because tradition makes you feel good?
Your beef is with Pres. Trump. Pres. Trump is the one who ordered it.
I’ve worked for private companies, and always had Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s Day off.
I’m sure there are essential services - in government or private companies - who have people who have to work on those days. In govt., I believe they are compensated. I would assume that in private companies, they are also compensated in some ways. Otherwise, people would find another employer as soon as they could. Family life and leisure time of individuals is just as important to the national health as the ‘bottom line’ is.
Government has always managed to accommodate the designated national holidays; and it can accommodate the occasional death of a president.
You seem to be arguing for the sake of argument - if your ultimate argument is not to simply do away with all national holidays; and that’s just silly.
And I’m going to bed!
Every single businessman I know gives their employees Federal holidays off, including us.
If we demanded our employees work on Easter, Christmas, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Independence Day, I’d dasn’t say we’d soon end up with no employees!
Ed