Originally Posted by Spiff
Nevertheless, how can one continue to work in a job (not just this job but any job) where one is asked to do things that simply fly in the face of the principles upon which this country was founded?
It is pretty simple, as screenerx explained it is all for the $$.
For myself after I retired from municipal civil service, entered the IT field and was making great money. 911 came along and my company was severely affected and laid off half of the workforce. A temporary logistics job came up and the company was subcontracted by Lockheed Martin to assist with the federalization of airports. I do my job very well and this was noticed and I was asked to join TSA as a temp. Once my position was posted I applied and was the only one who qualified (not up to the FSD, it is up to OPM). I did not get my job through cronyism and am proud of my job as far as the hard work I do.
Are there things I don't like? Yes, but thats in any job. Trust me you think the front-end is bad, the back-end is worse. Do I have principals? yes but I also have bills and a family to feed. If everyone could leave a job where they didn't like something then the world would stop. It's the burden you bare for the almighty dollar.