Name:   Lifer - Subject:   Careful hound Date:   8/8/2017 7:37:47 AM

I Don't have a grudge and he certainly is incapable of hurting my feelings. I'm not a snowflake. My point was SS Benefits and Medicare  are earned by way o (forced) participation  with payroll deductions. Veterans benefits are earned just for enlisting and being honorably discharged. In neither case do we, the participants, have any say over what or how much those benefits are.

I Just sat here several minutes trying to remember a time I had direct contact with a federal employee. I can't recall a single time. State workers many, many times but not federal. So I have to based my judgement on what I see and hear in the media about them. What I see are examples like Lois Lerner, and the fellow in the tub in Vegas, EPA employees who who release toxic waste from a mine into two river systems, with ZERO consequences and not an ounce of remorse. I could go on but there is no point in it. Maybe these guys are the exception and not the rule, but I doubt it. The attitudes and actions at the top carry throughout any organization, government or private. Just take a look at Uber to see it in the private sector. It doesn't mean they are bad people. Folks will always take advantage if they can. They emulate what they see in leadership because they assume, correctly, that is what the leaders want. I'm not even going to mention the crap going on now against Trump, but the same principles apply.

I Don't know wix. He may be a great person that just enjoys stirring the puddin' for fun and entertainment. (S)he may just be an ornery old goat, or some kid who enjoys trolling, or it could be an alter ego of Goofy. Only Goofy knows the answer to that. Or maybe he HAS had extensive contact with workers in one or more federal agencies and gotten the run around and pass the buck attitude.. Maybe he got that because he is an @sshole.i certainly don't know and am not going to condemn him for BS posted here. This site is both informational (Topics, Maintenance, Fishing Forums) and entertainment (Off topic, Jokes)... Take his posts with a grain of salt. It's just words on a screen.