A Caring Government

I think sometimes when we talk about a government we imagine some type of machine with an engine running things that operate in a country. When we speak of a government we are actually speaking about people; human beings with blood in their vein, a hear that beats and lungs that expand and contract. That is what we mean when we say "the government". People. And people are supposed to care about people, especially the people who form what we call "the government".
 I was in Nevis over the weekend. I went there on invitation to read some of my work which I always aim to make a mirror lifted to the faces of the people of my section of the world. I drove through Charles Town, and saw a very attractive young woman walking the near lonely street. I saw her again at a small outlet near the Nevis Museum, close the memorial dedicated to those who perished in the Christina disaster. My hear sank when she stood to leave. She was bitter and clearly wore a lot of rage beneath that stunningly well formed frame as she headed toward a jeep of an elderly man who had just spoken to her. I assume he was a relative. She cursed some "bad words" saying "I am looking a job. I am looking a job because the (exact words cannot be mentioned here) fired me".
 Maybe am too soft on the inside, and I blame the generic tenderness that my mother passed on to me, but I could not help wondering why "the government" had "fired" a young, black, native woman who obviously wants to work. Was she rude? was she lazy? Was she often late for work? Did she slump on the job or was she simply photographed being too vocal at a political campaign  wearing the wrong colour t shirt?
 I do not know.
What I do know is that our twin islands are far too small, our population much too tiny, and our economy makes enough money to employ anyone who desires a job. No caring government is going to fire anyone who wants to work because of his or her vocal political, (be it anti-government or otherwise) expressiveness. There are people, I am certain, whose behaviour makes it impossible to keep them on staff, but if someone is willing to work and is competent in his or her area of service to the development of the nation that person should be able to openly and vocally oppose any political party and still not lose his or her job because of it. Governments are not machines, though sometimes the humans who form them seem to act like things of steel when they receive power, but governments are supposed to be organized groups of human beings with hearts.