All my life, I've known people who have worked in the public sector. My mom is a retired public health nurse. My grandmother was a cook for the United States Navy. Two very good friends and a cousin are public school teachers. A family friend is also a teacher and her husband is a Los Angeles police officer. Another cousin is a corrections officer and his wife is a 911 dispatcher. And this is just a partial list.
I have to say, that the current assault on public sector employees and the unions who represent them is nothing less than disgusting and shameful. I take special offense at the horrible treatment and disrespect school teachers have received from certain lawmakers and people in the media. We all know where this contempt comes from. A desire to dismantle the public sector entirely, turn our country over to corporate predators, and turn America into a two-class society. But ordinary Americans shouldn't buy into this garbage.
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