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[quote=Anonymous][quote]PP (the government attorney), it's me the regular American taxpayer out here in the provinces. You are starting to make me a little nervous with all your talk of "IBR program", "$100k will be forgiven", "purchased a house", "funded our retirements", "funded 529 accounts", "telework two days a week and have a 40 hour work week", and perhaps truly objectionable "I never have to work really hard."

What? You "never have to work really hard."? Well, out here in the American heartland, in the Northeast, in the South, Texas, the Pacific Northwest, California, the Rockies, the Blue Ridge, in Florida, Ohio, New York, and the Mid-Atlantic, we the American taxpayer "work really hard" to earn not much more than a living wage. In most cases, we have not "purchased a house" or we've lost one, we have not "funded our retirements" or "funded 529 accounts", we do not "telework two days a week" or "have a 40 hour work week."

I want to believe the withholding I give up every paycheck, and the income tax I pay each April 15th, is being used wisely by our Government in Washington, D.C. However, when I read about the "never really hard", "fully funded" life of this government attorney back in D.C., while we the people chew a cable back here in the 50 States . . . ! Well, if you have to cut spending please don't start with us out here, or furlough our local air traffic control; rather, think about cutting some of the bloated bureaucracy back in D.C.[/quote]

As a former Fed, I agree wholeheartedly.  For the poster who said the Feds couldn't otherwise attract "top talent"' this is bullshit.  This may have been true at one time but not anymore.  Fed jobs are highly sought after-- especially with all of the unemployed or underemployed attorneys in this country.  Loan forgiveness is a program that no longer makes sense.[/quote]

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