I never know if a columnist writes a provocative piece to get a reaction, is generally upset, or is a malcontent. Maybe you feel the anger of your ancestors crying a river from the grave.
In any case, for the record, I retired from a state government job two years ago, I am Hispanic, and if Ancestry dna tests are accurate, I am 51% European, but the dominant is 37% Native American. I don't have any attachment to a tribe.
I really don't see what your point is other than to complain about you and your family lot in life, and assuming federal workers are living off the fat of the land like the commerce secretary. In this regard you and he are like two peas in a pod. You assume the furloughed employees don't work hard, or think "work is sacred ", capricious thinking at best, I have friends in Fresno and this kind of thinking isn't prevalent from what I saw.
We all have our stories and demons, and I admit i took a Government job because I saw my Dad's life destroyed when someone bought the company he worked at and sold the assets laying off 100 workers. I doubt he expected you or any one to have empathy for him. He just wanted to work. I too worked about 13, vacuuming Aunt's beauty shop, putting leaflets on doors, windshields, later summer youth programs, washing dishes, fast food in college, etc...You shouldn't brag about a hard life when federal employees lose their income, it makes you look like an A$$.
I've been ambivalent about you columns, it doesn't strike a chord with me, it could be that being a Hispanic in NM is very different than being from California. I'm typing this on a phone while my 84 year old mother is renewing her driver's license. So I'll end with her favorite comment. " You should put a P on your Frente. so people know what you are thinking "
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