Which government career do you respect?

[Agent CSL]

If you focus in on different facets of government it's hard to see how individuals make up an omnipotent evil known as tyranny. Millions of Americans work for the government, thinking they are doing the GOOD thing. Many of those employed are. But like anything, too much of substanceX will kill you. If you had to choose the government career to most respect, which would it be?

I think I would choose Postal worker, followed by soldiers. Postal workers come hell or high water. It's one of those jobs I respect but would never apply for - simply too stressful. Wake up in the wee early hours of the morning (3 or 4am), hop in the car and hope to have your job done by the afternoon. People always counting on you to be on time. Risky when you can't see the corner behind you. Always the same-in, same-old. So mundane and dangerous, but someone has to do it.

 

[Anti Federalist]

If you focus in on different facets of government it's hard to see how individuals make up an omnipotent evil known as tyranny. Millions of Americans work for the government, thinking they are doing the GOOD thing. Many of those employed are. But like anything, too much of substanceX will kill you. If you had to choose the government career to most respect, which would it be?

I think I would choose Postal worker, followed by soldiers. Postal workers come hell or high water. It's one of those jobs I respect but would never apply for - simply too stressful. Wake up in the wee early hours of the morning (3 or 4am), hop in the car and hope to have your job done by the afternoon. People always counting on you to be on time. Risky when you can't see the corner behind you. Always the same-in, same-old. So mundane and dangerous, but someone has to do it.

None.

Many of us, myself included (commercial fisherman for years) do dangerous and thankless work. Miners, lumberjacks and construction workers all face a higher risk of job related fatality than your average cop, most of whom die not in blazing gunfights with desperate criminals but in traffic accidents.

Just because your salary is paid by money extorted from your fellow citizens to do a job, certainly entitles you to no greater "respect" or merit. If anything less so.

You do you job for the same reason everybody else does, to make some dough.

Hopefully, what you do also has some level of enjoyment to it, I know mine does, and I consider myself lucky for that.

That being said, if you held a gun to my head and forced me to answer, I'd say fireman.

 

[IPSecure]

Which government career do you respect?

Dr. Ron Paul's of course.

Other than that, used to be NASA. Much more could be done for a lot less, and without secrecy...

 

[tod evans]

None.

Many of us, myself included (commercial fisherman for years) do dangerous and thankless work. Miners, lumberjacks and construction workers all face a higher risk of job related fatality than your average cop, most of whom die not in blazing gunfights with desperate criminals but in traffic accidents.

Just because your salary is paid by money extorted from your fellow citizens to do a job, certainly entitles you to no greater "respect" or merit. If anything less so.

You do you job for the same reason everybody else does, to make some dough.

Hopefully, what you do also has some level of enjoyment to it, I know mine does, and I consider myself lucky for that.

That being said, if you held a gun to my head and forced me to answer, I'd say fireman.

very true!
but even saleried firemen don`t earn my respect for sucking on the government tit.
the idea of paying somebody to perform "public service" is beyond me.....if there where no money to be made or extorted in government jobs maybe.......just maybe.....folks who really gave a shit and truely wanted to perform "public service" would/could fill the bill?
yeah i know pipe dream.


the firefighters in my rural community are all volunteer and they have my respect, financial and physical backing.

 

[Ozwest]

I respect government. Local government.

In order to have a functioning society, government is necessary.

It should be vibrant and respond to local needs.

Not over-blown nanny- state federalism.

 

[Ozwest]

Unfortunately, it is easier for most to be lazy, look for hand-outs, and not put in the hard-yards.

Local government works most of the time.

Corporate / government fascism always turns out badly.

 

[BuckOFive]

I don't think this is relevant. I mean.. if I say I don't want the department of education does that mean I don't respect teachers who work under it? This is a huge misplacement of "the blame".

 

[Truth Warrior]

None!

 

[Ozwest]

None!

But...

You get free Club sandwiches and beverages.

Life is complete.

 

[FunkBuddha]

I'm gonna have to go with these folks... I'm a min-archist if anything, but they sure do have a cool freakin' website for national weather data so I have to give them props.

http://www.noaa.gov/

I always tell people that the only 3 things that government does well is wage war, deliver mail, and provide weather data. Other than that, it's useless.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

If you had to choose the government career to most respect, which would it be?

Homicide investigators. Violent crime investigators. The list of reasons is long. Too bad they have to hang out with drug warriors.

 

[yongrel]

Janitors.

 

[Truth Warrior]

I'm gonna have to go with these folks... I'm a min-archist if anything, but they sure do have a cool freakin' website for national weather data so I have to give them props.

http://www.noaa.gov/

I always tell people that the only 3 things that government does well is wage war, deliver mail, and provide weather data. Other than that, it's useless.

They're just TOPS at debasing currencies too.

War skills are now questionable, based on the last few examples.

 

[FreeTraveler]

None. Looters never have my respect. If you take looted funds, you're as guilty as the goons with the guns taking the loot in the first place.

As for 'the troops', they have taken an oath to defend the Constitution. As soon as they leave our shores to participate in undeclared wars of foreign agression, they are as guilty as any Nazi SS who was 'just following orders.'

 

[Ozwest]

They're just TOPS at debasing currencies too.

War skills are now questionable, based on the last few examples.

The military does just fine.

Throw enough money at anything, and you'll get results.

What the rest of the world wants to know is...

When are you guys going to grow up?

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Uscg

U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews. Those guys go through hell and back to save a life. In trusth though, I do not respect someone more or less just because they get a Government paycheck. I guess I am one of those saps who still believes that a man who drives a truck or a woman who pushes a broom at a wal-mart is worth just as much and deserves an equal amount of respect as someone with a top level security clearance or the CEO who makes millions a year.

 

[Ozwest]

U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews. Those guys go through hell and back to save a life. In trusth though, I do not respect someone more or less just because they get a Government paycheck. I guess I am one of those saps who still believes that a man who drives a truck or a woman who pushes a broom at a wal-mart is worth just as much and deserves an equal amount of respect as someone with a top level security clearance or the CEO who makes millions a year.

You don't live in an egalitarian society.

I suggest you move to one of several other countries.

I live in one of them.

 

[pinkmandy]

I can't think of any I truly respect, not an employee. Dr. Paul doesn't count as an elected official. Seriously- I'm coming up empty handed on the federal level. I'll be thinking about this off and on all day. Guess I'll let you know later. There has to be one I respect!

 

[Andrew-Austin]

A career-position is only as good as the man occupying it.

 

[Kade]

Federal Scientists in the self-sufficient warfare research divisions... maybe I'm just being biased...