Ditto, kewp. I run a business now, started it from scratch, as entrepreneurial as you can get. Worked my ass off. Past life, I worked and directed a program on the public sector side. Worked my ass off there as well. Moral? Good and bad people everywhere you go.

Generally, I do think it’s harder to let employees go on the public side. I disapprove, and believe public-sector employers ought to have more latitude to fire/replace poor performers. OTH, there are more assholes in the private sector, especially corporate, which tends to self-select a ‘get ahead’ kind of person, often with ‘get ahead at the expense of others’ values.

Oh yeah, and Hooray! for right-wing morons… Keep ranting as that’s exactly what’s helping to elect Obama and Dems. Republicans are pretty much pond-scum at this point. More they spew, easier it is for rest of us to see the way forward.

Back to center with Obama / Biden in ’08. (Go to HELL GOP.)