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	Name:	Lifer -
	Subject:	Proof once again...
	Date:	6/23/2010 6:57:52 PM

.. how out of touch with reality you really are. IF you think the citizenry of this once great nation equate civil service to millitary service you are so sadly mistaken as to be laughable.

I worked for a guvment funding agency once for a couple of years. I participated in the SSS a couple of times. That SSS would be the SEPTEMBER SHOPPING SPREE. We pinched pennies all year, in our case did work below market value, and sacrificed to scrimp and save only to see all the extravagant shopping in September because if we didn't use it, we would loose it. It was shortly after the second SSS when I was denied a raise that I left and went back to the private sector. It also galled me to work with so many conservative thinkers that would vote for democrats because they knew they would get increased funding without increased accountabillity, and admitted it freely.

You see, I understand more about the guvment sector than you will ever understand about the private sector. I have an uncle who retired out of the pentagon after 30+ years of service (maybe you knew him Commander Ray Coe, USN Submariner Service Rtd.), another uncle who was City Manager (title may have been city planner)of Scottsdale, AR for 20+ years, and numerous freinds and family STILL in the guvment sector.

Now once again, how many businesses have you run? How many budgets have you had to make? And when I say make, I mean make!! Because in the retail environment you earn your budget by posting numbers. How many times was your income dependent on meeting sales quotas? How many times has your 'bonus' been directly related to meeting sales goals? How many times have you had to lay off a wonderful employee because there just wasn't enough money to pay them, not to mention knowing that that is just so many more hours salaried managers would have to work? How many times did you have to go to work in an environment that criminals target? How many days did you spend with a panic button in your possession because you were targeted by thiefs? How many times did you have to figure out where your shrinkage was coming from, and make adjustments to keep in under control?

All rhetorical questions Hound. I know the answer is zero.

You punched a clock, you got paid. Even when you didn't work. Remember the 3 week guvment 'shutdown'? I have no doubt that YOU were a loyal and dependable civil servant and most likely excelled in your position. But I still hold that you are not the typical 'civil servant' either. I believe the DoD as whole, most likely has a higher caliber employee than most other agencies, at lest I hope they do.