[redserk]

My apologies if I misinterpreted. I assumed it was tied together with this:

> When I worked in defense contracting people loved trotting out stuff like "the work is stable", "you can't get fired from a government job"

It's truly a shame that the employees who keep the government glued together -- be it via direct government employment or contracting -- are subject to unnecessarily turmulous conditions because of one political party's antics.

[alexjplant]

_My_ apologies for not making the distinction more explicit - reading it in hindsight it is a bit ambiguous.

In an ideal world the government would operate a little more sanely but I'm not holding my breath.