Letter to the Editor: Employees of governement - are they not also on the dole?

Could someone please tell me the difference between a Wal-Mart employee working at minimum wage and enrolled in Medicaid and state or federal employees drawing a salary of $70,000 to $250,000 a year whose health care and pension is totally paid for by the taxpayer? Why are we complaining when we have 47 million people on food stamps and half that number of unemployed and some who don't want to work who are totally supported by the tax payer? Seems like Wal-Mart employees are at least working and paying taxes.

Joe Wollman

Odessa