[quote=briansd1][quote=eavesdropper]
In the meantime, these people need to stop writing checks with their mouths that their asses can’t cash. If they think that the government is too big, too into their business, too restrictive, and tyrannical to boot, they SHOULD go ahead and denounce them. In the meantime, however, they should give up their Social Security, give up their disability, forego their government-sponsored health care, take in their elderly relatives, and pay for their kids’ education. And if any of their loved ones get sick, they can have them treated to the extent of their abilities and bankbooks, and accept the inevitable if the treatment is not successful. It can be done. Yes, it will be tough. But tough is what these rebels are all about, right?[/quote]
That’s excellent, eavesdropper. Quitting their government or government subsidized jobs is another one I would add.
And someone told me to stop driving or support drill-baby-drill. ;)[/quote]
I don’t know, Brian. In the purest sense of “employment”, there is an ostensibly even exchange of the employee’s labor/services for the employer’s money. In that situation, I believe that an employee of the government can openly criticize and protest the actions of that government, without the least hint of hypocrisy.
However, given the widely-held largely derisive (but not necessarily true) views of government employees, and their value, my “equal exchange” theory could be considered flawed. Likewise, employees/beneficiaries of government contracts and other sponsored programs. It comes down to whether the employee is benefiting disproportionately from the job or program.
