Not all govt employees are laggards. Some of us worked our asses off in spite of the lazy bastards around us.
Absolutely agree, especially outside the district.
I know a lot of guys who work at Aberdeen Proving Ground. These guys are serious scientists and researchers and do excellent work.
I retired after 30+ years of government service.
There is the old joke:
America is a great place!
If you like Capitalism, you have the free market!
If you like Socialism, you have the Civil Service!
If you like Communism, you have the Military!
Much truth in that joke, but all of it, ultimately, is supported by the productive people in the marketplace.
Also true is the marketplace needs government to exist at all. You need an ordered society, with enforceable laws, property rights, and a court system to settle disputes. You cannot have capitalism without it, unless you stretch the definition of capitalism to the breaking point, including barter system societies rife with piracy and robber gangs.
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