Thanks to rising federal revenues aggressively spent by both political parties, federal employment is no longer a short-term public-service sacrifice.
"It is essential that the British public understands the huge sacrifice and commitment made by our servicemen and women, " he said.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin, France's centre-right prime minister, had originally decided to sacrifice this public holiday after the summer canicule (heatwave) in 2003, in which 15, 000 people died, many of them elderly.
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How do you explain to the American public that you need to sacrifice some of their bodies to fix a remote control mistake they never authorized?
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And the need to constantly harp on every extreme weather event as one more reason for Americans to sacrifice for the public good becomes less of an issue, as does reverse tribalism.
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My wife, Fran, my son, Jay, and daughter-in-law, Jessica, and her mother, Reesa (ph), the two grandchildren whom Jay and Jessica have given us, Manachem (ph), 22 months, and Brakof (ph), four days -- her first White House event, Mr. President -- my son, Brian (ph), his fiance, Erin (ph), my dear mother, Sylvia, my mother-in-law, Sarah Taylor, and only our fathers are missing, but I feel their presence very strongly here, for their unstinting love, their support, their devotion, and their sacrifice during my public service.
His liberal critics retort that the state has a duty to protect minorities, rather than sacrifice them to some supposed public good.
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And in that process, he thinks everyone needs to share in the sacrifice, and that would include public sector employees as well as others.
To ascribe profit-seeking to a profession that is heralded as an embodiment of self-sacrifice would offend the sensibilities of the public and many physicians.
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Still, our leaders have yet to begin authentic discussions, much less sell the public on the idea that we need change and shared sacrifice to solve our financial problems.
MPs, most of whom have worked in the public sector, a backbencher's salary does not represent a terrible sacrifice if any at all.
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In many ways, we sacrifice what was once private for that which is, at times, painfully public.
Public safety officers put their lives on the line to protect ours, sometimes making the ultimate sacrifice.
They should see how nations that sacrifice too much economic freedom for social security end up with neither, impairing both private enterprise and public finance.
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