I'd like to praise the efficiency of federal workers at our institutions like Social Security and Medicare. [View all]

[Midnight Writer]

Social Security is the lifeline for 70 million current Americans and has been operating reliably for 90 years. The operating cost of this program is miniscule compared to the number of people they serve and the amount of money they oversee. These are not do-nothing or patronage jobs. The people at Social Security have served us well, and most citizens are thankful for this service.

Medicare serves probably our toughest health insurance clients, the elderly. They do it at a fraction of the overhead of any of the private insurers who serve healthier clients. Medicare runs at an overhead of less than 3%, compared to the overhead (including profit) of 20% or more for private insurers. Again, most Americans are thankful for the service they get from Medicare and its workers.

I can't think of a single private entity who could (or would) provide the same level of service for the same cost as our current Medicare and Social Security.

Thank you, Federal Workers. For keeping civilization running.