>>>There are many people unemployed in our state who could and would take the position of an injured employee.
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>>>Every dog has to take care of him/herself. There is no reason the state should take care of anyone – except the politicians!
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>>Hey, everyone is supposed to care for their own employees. And the politicians are working for the people, right?
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>Seems like that is the law, and then there is reality! :)
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>In engineering college we used the terms, “Theory and Practice”. Theory sounds good but the real world tends to be different.

But, look, this is where theory (my assertion above) fits with the practice: the politicians work for the people, i.e. they are employees of the people, literally. And the people are taking good care of their employees, by having created the state (in both applicable meanings: as in "status" and as in "civitas") which they will finance and thereby enforce this care. Perfect world, isn't it?