Havnt posted on DU in years... But dammit I have an insurance rant...

[tomtharp]

160. A twisted path to end the disparity?

I've had health ins 3 of the last 14 years. dropped it 3 years ago to pay my mortgage; since I returned my home to the bank last year, I'm trying to get it again.
Here is what really chaps me: I have paid taxes since 1986. I am a carpenter/contractor that has literally generated millions of dollars of real goods with my hands. Why do I pay for all government employees to have benefits I can barely afford? Government workers are working for me, If I don't have insurance, why should I pay for my employees to have it???
Being poor now has made me mean enough to think: lets take away all health benefits for every cop, firefighter, judge, congressperson, DMV worker, and every other public worker, even teachers. I'll bet if not one government employee had health benefits we could have single payer in one year instead of ten or never. Obviously this is a mad rant, but it is how I feel. I'm a progressive, pro choice, pro pot, obama voter, yet I am jealous of the coddled cop/fireman/teacher benefits. I've taken 3-4 sick days in 10 years, never had a paid sick day in my life. I would go work for WI governor Walker for 1/2 the benefits the unions have. I guess the local 18% unemployment, combined with no industry other than the dead housing market, and my 3rd year of a 30% pay cut has made me resent public sector workers.
?: Is it not completely unfair that the tax payers pay for bean counting pencil pushers like dmv or building inspectors to have benefits, while the real wealth generating workers of society do not have those benefits ??