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In article <4aftu7$nqi@sam.inforamp.net> jim@crystalcntrl.com writes:


>Who has contributed more to the country? 

>Does it seem fair that civserv should claim the same contribution to the
>country as corp_worker?

Who taught corp_worker how to read so he could get a job?

Who answered the fire call when the house next door to corp_worker burned down.

Who healed corp_worker whwn hw slipped on the stairs and had a concussion.

Who plowed the road, so corp_worker could get to work this morning.

Who operates the pilot boat which helps bring the raw materials corp_worker 
needs to do his job.

Who inspected the raw materials for toxins to make sure corp_worker didn't get 
poisoned at work.

If you really think that everyone working for government is a parasite, then 
head on out to the bush and live off the land.  Your argument is ridiculous -- 
it denies that there is any wealth generated when society pools its money to 
create the infrastructure necessary for a modern economy.  The services and 
plant of that infrastructure are part of our standard of living, part of pour 
wealth.  Go visit a country where there is no investment in infrastructure and 
services and check out how much private wealth is generated -- precious little 
if there are no roads, no clean water, no ports, no law and order, no 
educated, healthy population and no well developed system of civil law for 
sorting out business disputes.

You are saying the the construction worker who toils to build an office 
building is somehow making a greater contribution to the economy than the 
construction worker who does exactly the same work to build a classroom where 
the engineers working in the office building will learn their profession.  
That is nonesense.

I hope you are a first year university student -- because you have no excuse 
for being an educated adult and still thinking like this.

I also hope your local ambulance drivers, police department, road crews and 
hospitals read your post, and decide to treat you accordingly.  (They won't, 
but it would be only just.)