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by _drFaust 3812 days ago
And you are claiming that of the 54.7% government financed jobs, ALL have questionable morality. So Health and Human Services, Department of Ed., etc have the same morality check as working for the DoD?

That is surely what you attempted to portray with the original comment. That if you want to check the morality at the door you can't work in ANY government financed occupation in the DC region.

Having worked for a government consulting firm in DC, there was a line of business that received funding for social research projects to help inform and ultimately guide government initiatives to improve the welfare and education of certain demographics. This company would be included in your statistic, and there is no moral check needed for that work. While this is anecdotal, it's pretty obvious that a blanket statistic like yours cannot hold up.