If gubmint employees have such a great deal, then go right out there and get one of those sweet, easy jobs and leave your private sector worries behind. You got a drug conviction that is stopping you from doing so?
Typical stanard response from a government employee....BTW where did I say they had it so great. I think I said they shouldn't expect anything different than the private sector when it comes to being viewed as non-essential. But good for you to go in another direction.
This is just a quibble, but over half of federal employees are military, and their job by definition involves protecting human life and property. Unless you're arguing that more than half of the private sector qualifies, I think you have to give beltim the point on this one. In this case, I think his soapbox is reality.
Fair point, but the security industry employees about a million people, not to mention corporations employ many people that protect things. What about private health care, maybe they don't protect but they certainly fix and save. There are likely other jobs and industries that I could come up with.
Also, how many of the military personell are in non-combat, non-security type of roles....a lot I suspect given the need of mechanics, invenotory clerks, janitors, etc. that are all needed to have a functioning military but in the context of the quibble don't necessarily meet the protecting human life and property standard.