Subj : Re: Dow Drops 700 points
To   : Mike Powell
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Wed Feb 26 2025 06:06:43

-=> Mike Powell wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

 MP> With some it could be a skin color reaction.  With others, I think they
 MP> pictured a bunch of "lefties" getting the axe not realizing that there
 MP> are people from all sides of the spectrum that work for the government.
 MP>  Or they thought it would be a bunch of office workers, or WFH people,
 MP> and it has turned out to be park rangers and others with lower paying
 MP> jobs.

I'm surprised there's not more directed outrage at this - government
workers, in my experience, take a pay cut compared to the private
sector, in exchange for doing public work and for being able to retire
with a pension. The latter seemed to drive behavior more than anything -
you don't want to risk getting a paycheck for the rest of your life. I
knew people whose sole driver at work was keeping their heads down, not
making waves, and someday retiring after 30-someodd years with a
significant fraction of their take home pay guaranteed for life.

Getting cut off from that, or reducing your pension amount should be
enough to get workers up in arms, figuratively.


 
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