View article at its original site
Showing comments 1—8 of 8
Posted 01/31/09 8:26 PM mflorman New Orleans, LA | At least the public good will be well taken care of! |
Posted 01/31/09 8:40 PM Mike in Virginia Fredericksburg, VA | Leviathan's insatiable appetite continues. |
Posted 01/31/09 11:07 PM schlegsb Fairborn, OH | I'm sure the people at these levels will provide no economic productive value and they will become the complacent, non-innovative workers that merely have job security to keep them fat. We are so wrapped around the idea of getting people to spend money that we never think of changing our ways to produce quality goods at good prices to sell to other countries for real currency. Just looking at this picture shows me that we have too many people eating off doing nothing. |
Posted 02/01/09 06:58 AM Mike Roux Rock Hill, SC | Why don't articles like this ever mention how many private-sector jobs it takes to pay for each of these government people? For some reason, there is a complete disconnect about how these people are paid. Money that is siphoned off at the top to feed these teat-sucking parasites would be better spent on profit-producing enterprises. If these government employees are looking for security, they'll get a be surprise when the tax burden becomes so great on the producers that they just eventually say , "to hell with it". Then we'll see how secure they feel. The safety net lies in the private sector, not in the public works divisions. As far as the "lead paint debacle", that should be a clarion call to all these socialist-minded people that government is the problem, not the solution. Wait 'til the same toy inspectors start making decisions on your health care requirements.
Which reminds me, my blood pressure is setting new records with every new story like this. I need a break. AARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!! |
Posted 02/01/09 07:46 AM StatusQuoJoe Phoenix, AZ | Considering most states are near bankruptcy I expect the number of federal employees will mushroom in 09. I hope they are willing to take I.O.U.s as pay. Oh wait F.R.N.s are basically I.O.U.s never mind..... |
| Posted 02/01/09 07:56 AM mlang52 Robinson, IL | I would love to be working. I worked, hard, all of my life until three years ago. Then boom! Blacklisted and thrown out! Too old to get a job! But, then again, I can understand how dangerous a doctor can be if he marry one of their acquaintance/patients! Maybe I should see if they are hiring someone with a lot of education! I loved the article on yahoo this am that talked about the visas requested by banks to hire high paid foreign workers! I have learned to live without a job, by living with my parents and buying nothing. Even while relatives were stealing what little stuff I have left! Too bad the government does not have to live within ITS means! Well I am just ranting this am. It, likely looks, and sounds, schizophrenic! Too educated and too old! |
| Posted 02/01/09 7:23 PM Mike in Virginia Fredericksburg, VA | "Federal belt-tightening would worsen the problem right now," said Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. "Most economists agree that the federal government is a built-in stabilizer," said Hassett, a former adviser to GOP presidential campaigns.
What a hoot. What economist with an iota of understanding thinks that government jobs don't destroy productive jobs? And that guy was a Repub adviser. No wonder that party is toast. |
| Posted 02/01/09 8:29 PM schlegsb Fairborn, OH | Haha-seriously, the biggest dry-up of capital seems to be brain capital and moral capital. A little known fact is that under the Bush administration we reached an all time high of around 7 out of 100 federal employees - boy, that really worked well as a stabilizer in 2008. I wish I could find the article, its actually more than Canada, an actual socialist country. |
You must be a member to post comments. [Become a member]
