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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	MM, you are wrong
	Date:	3/12/2010 5:17:15 PM

Hound, I will grant you that there may be less job security today than in the past but do you really think it is true that there is less security in the higher ranges than in the private sector? The majority of my experience is with USEPA and state agencies and with the exception of political appointees (admittedly a different animal vis-a-vis job security) I don't ever recall someone who is a civil servant being fired except in cases of fraud, illegal activities, harassment, etc. They just don't seem to go away except to resign or retire and take a high paying private sector job. And I haven't even taken into account the retirement benefits of government workers, especially state workers.

I recognize that some government workers do put in the hours. I am reading Too Big to Fail right now and there is no doubt the people at Treasury put in a lot of hours during the economic crisis. But I still maintain based on the nine years that my wife worked for USEPA and the fact that if you want to talk to a regulator don't bother calling before 8am or after 5pm because they won't be there that overall they don't work the hours my comparably paid technical personnel work. Its not even close.