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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Breaking news—man who went to elite  private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!  
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I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA.  Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days.  He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it.  Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service.  He could be pursuing more cash instead.  [/quote]

“Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service?” Seriously?  Do you think he and others enter government service as a sacrifice?  It’s about increasing spheres of influence which translates to unthinkable financial return. Please…[/quote]

I'm wondering about all the bright people that have worked in government service throughout their career.  Is that a lesser sacrifice because they didn't go out and run up their investment accounts first?[/quote]

They picked it for a reason.  Probably easiest path.  He, however, could have continued to make bank like many others have done.  He didn’t. That pivot matters. Your cynicism reflects your weakness.  [/quote]

Too bad for you that you don't realize that many people work for the government because they care greatly about what they do, not because they didn't have more lucrative options.  Perhaps you don't meet those amazing people at your big law slog.[/quote]

Your point doesn’t make what Zients is doing less of a sacrifice.  That kind of false logic is why you didn’t have a big law option.  I didn’t take that myself but it was there.  Separately, I hope all your noble servants do what they do for free.  And “amazing,”  really? Amazing people don’t make the messes we presently have.  Hacks do. Res Ipsa Loquitur.  I hope the really talented people replace your amazing friends.  Asap no less.  [/quote]

Oh gosh.  Are you trying to sound like a terrible person or are you really that bad?  You know money is not the measure of a life, right?

And two HYP degrees here.  Doing just fine.[/quote]

Sure I guess? Funny how money doesn’t matter to you but you have to justify it with your two HYP degrees as if that gives you extra credence - you just swapped one success indicator for another, except you couldn’t cut it on the money end. And to save you from living the rest of your life with the idea that your HYP degrees make you special, Zients just has a Duke degree and is doing better than 99% of HYP graduates, so maybe ease up on the Koolaid[/quote]

Ok but Zients still went to Duke… that’s basically the same thing as HYP so that doesn’t disqualify the argument, it actually probably strengthens it[/quote]

No Duke =/= HYP. [/quote]

HYP grads can’t stand that there are other school that churn out people who are just as accomplished. But continue gatekeeping if it makes you feel better, it’s freaking DUKE[/quote]

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