(Whew) that's ONE way to cut lazy fed employees - Diplomat killed

[darin]

http://news.sky.com/story/1074978/afghanistan-taliban-kill-six-americans


No big deal because...


...the country is BROKE and nobody is expempt

and to think about the money we're saving because...


most Federal workers were not so damn OVERPAID with pricey benefits


It is a well known fact Federal workers are OVERPAID and the benefits are over the top

She probably didn't earn her salary, anyway, right?

Instead of serving in combat areas, Fed employees should quit, and get civilian jobs, or simply...


join the rest of us...and if things get tight make some cuts in your own spending. Perhaps give up your cable and internet? Or take a second job (or your wife takes a second job) Millions of people are doing just that

I paid $60/month for internet while in Iraq. I should probably have cut that, right? Would have been the sensible thing....



:(

Think about shit like this when you want to fly off the handle and demonize people actively working (WITHOUT side-arms, most of the time) to keep Soldiers and civilians SAFE from terrorists.

[tailfins]

What? Are you vying to become an online version of Howard Stern? Your post is a "shock value" post. How can you expect anyone to take it seriously?

[darin]

What? Are you vying to become an online version of Howard Stern? Your post is a "shock value" post. How can you expect anyone to take it seriously?

Read the whole thing. I didn't say the words I quoted; my point is "Fed employees serve in countless vital areas regarding relations with other nations, our military, and other agencies. We're people SERVING."

[red states rule]

Darin, I see you are still an angry little man. I understand you have developed the attitude alot of government workers have these days

The serfs tending the fields do not have the right to questions the "valuable" service they provide

So lets honor those workers who "earn" their excessive pay and benefits (excessive compared to the private sector) by giving us these shining examples of their "hard" work


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcQcn6-bIs



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxU6n4pAnrU

But hey, government is spending a trillion dollars per year more than it takes in. But cutting government and the number of Federal workers is now a sacred cow and shall not be touched

Meanwhile, how are those Federal workers doing compared to those who pay their salary?





Federal workers earning double their private counterparts


At a time when workers' pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees' average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds.


Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The compensation gap between federal and private workers has doubled in the past decade.


Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available.


The federal compensation advantage has grown from $30,415 in 2000 to $61,998 last year.


Public employee unions say the compensation gap reflects the increasingly high level of skill and education required for most federal jobs and the government contracting out lower-paid jobs to the private sector in recent years.


"The data are not useful for a direct public-private pay comparison," says Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union (http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/National+Treasury+Employees+Union).


Chris Edwards, a budget analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute (http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Non-profits,+Activist+Groups/Cato+Institute), thinks otherwise. "Can't we now all agree that federal workers are overpaid and do something about it?" he asks.


Last week, President Obama ordered a freeze on bonuses for 2,900 political appointees. For the rest of the 2-million-person federal workforce, Obama asked for a 1.4% across-the-board pay hike in 2011, the smallest in more than a decade. Federal workers also would qualify for seniority pay hikes.


Congressional Republican (http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Political+Bodies/Republican+Party)s want to cancel the across-the-board increase in 2011, which would save $2.2 billion.


"Americans are fed up with public employee pay scales far exceeding that in the private sector," says Rep. Eric Cantor (http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/People/Politicians,+Government+Officials,+Strategists/U.S.+Representatives/Eric+Cantor), R-Va., the second-ranking Republican in the House.

Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., says a pay freeze would unfairly scapegoat federal workers without addressing real budget problems.

What the data show:


•Benefits. Federal workers received average benefits worth $41,791 in 2009. Most of this was the government's contribution to pensions. Employees contributed an additional $10,569.


•Pay. The average federal salary has grown 33% faster than inflation since 2000. USA TODAY reported in March that the federal government pays an average of 20% more than private firms for comparable occupations. The analysis did not consider differences in experience and education.


•Total compensation. Federal compensation has grown 36.9% since 2000 after adjusting for inflation, compared with 8.8% for private workers.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm