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slightlv

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29. And there's a lot more than a handful
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 04:47 PM
Apr 2025

of civil servants who treat everything they do, and each client they interact with in exactly the same way. Having been a civil servant for over 20 years, and with the wide circle of friends I had there, it just really jacked my jaws to hear trump, the magas, and others talk down about them. I never met even one that fit the stereotype trump was trying to pawn off on us. We've been among the hardest working, most sincere people one could hope to do business with. And if you ever found yourself in a mess, and on the phone with a civil servant trying to get it cleaned up, these were the people you hoped you'd get. Once they get started on a problem, they don't let go until it's solved. The only BAD civil servants are those who don't think they're civil servants... they think they're the jester's assistants and pledge loyalty not to the constitution and the people whom they serve, but only to trump. IOW, now it's everybody in the government who wasn't there five years ago. And I feel so bad for those CS who are still working. I'm glad they still have their jobs, but feel bad for the do-more-with-less pressure, bad-mouthing, demeaning tasks, and the constant worry of if your job will still be here tomorrow. That's no way that anyone should have to live.

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I think the Social Security administration is aware of everybody who's getting payments. Walleye Apr 2025 #1
I can testify that government does work and works well. flashman13 Apr 2025 #4
That's good to know. A member of my extended family worked for at least 30 years as an IRS tax attorney. She's now Walleye Apr 2025 #15
Thank you for this example. May I ask what state it was in? mahina Apr 2025 #16
And there's a lot more than a handful slightlv Apr 2025 #29
That's the way it works. patphil Apr 2025 #2
JUst kept on talking ThoughtCriminal Apr 2025 #3
What an idiot PatSeg Apr 2025 #5
The former Republican Speaker of the House and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #6
If I remember correctly, he also wanted to privatize it. LoisB Apr 2025 #18
Yes he did. Good for me, not for thee... johnnyfins Apr 2025 #33
Yes. As with every government benefit. LoisB Apr 2025 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author airplaneman Apr 2025 #38
Excuse me. Dead parents can't work to provide for them so they qualify to receive funding. appleannie1 Apr 2025 #7
Well, at least they have backed off of calling them small business loans . . . Ms. Toad Apr 2025 #8
My kids were 11 and 12 when they received SS benefits on their murdered dad. I had not known txwhitedove Apr 2025 #9
Forgive me but that's so Larry David wolfie001 Apr 2025 #11
years ago I had a friend who had 5 kids mountain grammy Apr 2025 #21
Evil liars like Jeanine need to be shunned by society, friends, and family. SamKnause Apr 2025 #10
And just think... ShazzieB Apr 2025 #13
And after that clip, how many of their brainwashed viewers will parrot that lie? yellow dahlia Apr 2025 #12
My father died when I was twelve. James48 Apr 2025 #14
Exact same thing with me BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #20
My father died in 1960, I was 10, my brother 13 and my sister 16. TNNurse Apr 2025 #22
Do any of these folks have a clue? I hope they have help crossing the street. LoisB Apr 2025 #17
Who's Jeanine Paraffin ornotna Apr 2025 #19
I think it's that alcoholic faux whore. mobeau69 Apr 2025 #30
Well she is a wax version of a person- Jeanine Pirro, Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #32
Covid Kids Sane1 Apr 2025 #23
Listening to that shameful ignorance.. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2025 #24
its not ignorance johnnyfins Apr 2025 #34
Um , Jeanine? lonely bird Apr 2025 #25
They can't think in good space. rickyhall Apr 2025 #26
jeezus... make me want to scream. stillcool Apr 2025 #27
OMG!!! Send those little miscreants to El Salvador. Norrrm Apr 2025 #28
Just 4 days ago, I acknowledged my Father passing LittleGirl Apr 2025 #31
BULLSHIT. Cha Apr 2025 #35
Maybe the drunk should have shown more outrage for her husband's conviction for tax evasion and conspiracy PA Democrat Apr 2025 #36
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