Why I'm not attending any pity parties for furloughed federal workers
By Thomas LifsonCall me a hard-hearted, mean-spirited conservative if you will, but I am not bleeding from the heart over the plight of most of the
furloughed federal workers. While I am certain that some of them have not bothered to accumulate savings, and thus are running out of money with which to pay important bills, the rest of us in the private sector have had to live with the possibility of our incomes being cut off for our entire careers. Moreover, federal employees, especially in the lower ranges of the income scale, make out like bandits compared to the rest of us with the same skills and responsibilities.
If I am going to feel sorry for people furloughed, I will save my pity for the coal miners thrown out of work by President Obama's plan to bankrupt coal mines, or for General Motors workers at Lordstown, where the factory will be closed, among many other private-sector workers who are exposed to risks that federal workers can blissfully ignore. Or even more, for workers in the "gig economy" where they get no secure paycheck.
Hat tip: Ed Lasky
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