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Topic: Americans believe public workers better paid, more secure (And they’re right) |
Americans believe public workers better paid, more secure (And they’re right)
Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm
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Posted By:SurferLad, 12/10/2012 9:17:08 AM
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| You may have noticed some economic difficulties across the country in recent years among family, friends, neighbors, colleagues. One sector is doing quite nicely, however, under Barack Hussein Obama. In the 1,420 days since he took the oath of office, the federal government has daily hired on average 101 new employees. Every day. Seven days a week. All 202 weeks. That makes 143,000 more federal workers than when Obama talked forever on that cold day in January of 2009. Now comes a new poll revealing that Americans know what´s going on.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
reilly, 12/10/2012 9:32:29 AM (No. 9057497)
When the money to pay their retirements and benefits runs out, what happens? I think the libs want things to go to hell so they can do the wealth tax. Gunfire starts before that, however.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MaryRI, 12/10/2012 9:35:52 AM (No. 9057504)
article forgot to mention that they are also quite rude.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
valinva, 12/10/2012 9:40:42 AM (No. 9057510)
First thing that the Republicans should propose is to cut the salary of avery Federal worker making over 150K by 10% including their own and the presidents. Every one between 50K and 15oK by 5% and no raises including in grade raises for everyone. Never will happen but that´s what needs to be done for a start.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Chippewa, 12/10/2012 10:03:26 AM (No. 9057543)
The retirement benefits are the real boondoggle. How many non-union private sector employees even have pension plans these days? Not too many.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/10/2012 10:26:35 AM (No. 9057609)
Another story about how Americans are angry with the status quo. Where were these people on November 6?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
pineledger, 12/10/2012 10:30:55 AM (No. 9057618)
And THEY should not be allowed to vote, either. Conflict of interest.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 12/10/2012 10:58:57 AM (No. 9057664)
They "produce" nothing... but help pave the road to Federal tyranny.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
OdinsAcolyte, 12/10/2012 12:34:44 PM (No. 9057819)
My job is also VERY secure. We have a family owned corporation and our business is doing government paper work. I would wish that we had no business. I can´t even get fired (sigh).
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
FL_Absentee_Voter, 12/10/2012 1:16:13 PM (No. 9057906)
Adding 100 employees to the payroll every day. Staggering. I remember hiring freezes during the nineties - and guess who was in charge then?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
nenamldu, 12/10/2012 3:20:41 PM (No. 9058126)
This state of affairs existed at least once before during the Depression of the 1930´s.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 12/10/2012 11:18:26 PM (No. 9058760)
~~That report found the average civilian federal government worker collected just under $84,000 a year in taxpayer money, about $32,000 more than the average private sector worker. That´s a total federal worker package of about $236 billion a year.~~
Mmm, mmmm, mmmm......good old taxpayer money.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 12/11/2012 12:12:44 AM (No. 9058806)
Remember-if you don´t work for the government, you won´t work in Zippyland.
One of the local city employees said they were the only city that gave 3% raises. If no one ever retires, how does the unemployed find jobs ? The retirement system is not set up for people to stay on the job for over 30 years.
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