Anybody know exactly when did it all get so ugly - the hatred for government and public employees?

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65. Lighten up Francis

What does being left-wing or right-wing have to do with what the OP asked?

"Anybody know exactly when did it all get so ugly - the hatred for government and public employees?"

It doesn't matter how we approach taxes or where you think the difference lies, people have only recently started with this disrespect towards government employees that the OP was talking about. More of our paycheck goes to the government today than it did when the OP recalls "going to work for the government was considered a good thing to do - an honorable thing."

If you want to pretend everybody pays less in taxes than they used because rates are lower, go ahead. The simple fact is that more taxes are taken out of your paycheck now than would have been then.

Change my sig? Why, I'm not the one so insecure that I have to act tough on the internet.