77,000 Federal Employees Make More Than Their State Governors
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Jonathon M. Seidl
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77,000.
That’s the number of federal employees throughout the country that are paid more than the governors in their respective states. And if you think they are all high-level workers, think again. According to the Washington Times, the list includes computer operators, more than 5,000 air traffic controllers, 22 librarians, one interior designer.
From the Times:
The findings, from a Congressional Research Service report requested by Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, were released at a time when public workers’ salaries and benefits are under scrutiny across the country as governments try to streamline.
CRS reviewed 2009 salary figures, the most recent available, and found 77,057 employees who earned more in annual pay than their respective governors. Of those workers, 18,351 were doctors — the highest percentage. The second-highest total was for 5,170 air traffic controllers — likely both front-line controllers and their supervisors.
In Maryland, 7,283 federal employees — about 7 percent of all full-time federal employees in the state — earned more than Gov. Martin O’Malley’s $150,000 salary. Maryland was topped by Colorado, which in 2009 had 10,875 employees who made more than the $90,000 salary of the governor, Bill Ritter.
“Across America, governors are being asked to do more with less, often at lower pay than federal employees in their states. The pay gap between governors and federal employees should prompt Congress to take a closer look at federal salaries,” Coburn told the Times. “With our debt and deficits spiraling out of control, now is the time to ask agencies — not just governors — to do more with less.”
When contacted by the Times, the government’s largest union– the American Federation of Government Employees — blamed the high numbers on contractors. Still, though, the numbers point to a larger problem, especially considering the make up of those receiving the salaries:
CRS said nationwide there were 122 park rangers, 271 environmental protection specialists, 14 chaplains and one prison guard who earned more than their governors. There were also 21 archaeologists, three sociologists, 48 social workers, four food service workers and five civil rights analysts who made more than their governors.
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Air traffic controllers, who were the second-biggest group to get salaries higher than their governors, also generally have high salaries. That category likely includes both front-line controllers and their supervisors. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the median salary for an air traffic controller in May 2008 was $111,870, while the top 10 percent earned $161,010 or more a year.
Read the full story from the Times.
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Comments (106)
Tusker
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:34amI love the way they spend all this money on these investigative reports and yet do NOTHING about it. This is just INSANE!
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:23am77,000+ federal employees receiving salaries that are even higher than that of state governors…While I’m a huge supporter of capitalism, I do find the fact that the park rangers, firefighters, police officers, teachers, enviromental protection specialists, social workers (I tend to cringe saying this term), and all those other federal employees receiving salaries that even surpass those of state governors (in which they themselves are overpaid) to be excessively problematic, since it‘s the taxpayer that’s footing the bill.
Report Post »An interesting feature in this article is that doctors are included in the list of federal employees. I didn’t know that doctors would be counted as a government employee. May ObamaCare be a reason for this? Or maybe I just read the article the wrong way? I‘m hoping it’s the latter.
LukeAppling
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:23amThe entire government pay scale should be reduced by 50% both in pay, benefits and numbers of employees. Our founding Fathers wanted the government to be a “side job” not a full-time job, where have we gone wrong?
Report Post »Oh, I know, we have unions and they must protect the evil employers from abusing the employees. Except most often it is the unions that are abusinjg employees, their paymasters[the taxpayers] and the country with their inflated salaries, payroll numbers and the amount of time wasted in grievance meetings while “rubber-room ermployees” get paid for doing nothing from the unons at our expense. With the unions in bed with Obama, the radicals throughout the world and, now, the muslims we must stop these union thugs at every level. If you know anything about unions you know they add only costs to every endeavor from sports, schools, government, police, industry-decertify thenm at once and lower the costs in everything they represent-what a cost savings that would be for their customers.
jim
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:16amOf course government employees are soaking us taxpayers… that‘s government’s only purpose. That’s why we should rid ourselves of as much government as humanly possible.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:56amI wonder what the czars are paid…..probably a very good salary to help destroy our country,,,,what do you think?
Report Post »Ken
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:43am9% unemployment, and we have 77,000 “high priced” federal employees??? Somebody really SUX at math!!!
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:00amI dunno, I think those air traffic controllers are doing a fairly important job. Aren’t you guys here the ones who hate government workers in general? So a governor should be terrible. They’re do-nothing politicians who just hate American. Probably all socialists.
Or is this article suggesting we raise the wages for governors? Maybe that’s why Palin quit- just not enough profit.
Report Post »jack.sutherin
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:42amLets start by paying all public employees what the military receives for pay, pension and medical benefits.
Report Post »Ken
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:41amProbably 77,000 “unnecessary” federal employees!!!
Report Post »2centsworth
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:41amMerit pay would be a good solution to many of the comments, but unions are not about merit.
Regarding pensions… how dangerous is retirement anyway?
You hear collective bargaining is a must, but with the exception to $$$ most of the protections sought can be remedied in civil courts of law ie. discrimination, unlawful termination, harrassment, safety etc.
Unions at times protect criminals (see rubber rooms, corrupt police), foster mediocrity (see schools, federal and state employee performance) and thrive on duplication of services (how many does it take to fill a pot hole- could it really be less than 6?)
Cut out all the waste and fraud… which we hear only in election years and see where we are.
If it was about “derserving”, why are the military paid so little and Congress paid so much? Corporations may be greedy, but GOVERNMENT is greedy beyond reason.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:59amInteresting!! “Merit” and “union” in the same sentence!!!!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:14pm@2centsworth,
Report Post »I would have to agree with you as far as unions for public sector employees. The big problem with public sector unions is they always try to push the emotional aspects such as, if you don’t give the police or firemen a raise who will protect your children. This is the same tactics politicians use when they want to pursue one of their special interest programs one of their largest supporters are pushing and will benefit greatly by enacting. Also, if you look at the amount of people who actually vote in off year elections the numbers are usually low. This leaves the door open for the public employee unions to get their candidates in office and remind them continually afterwards how if it wasn’t for them they would have never got elected so they expect something in return. show me where in the private sector where you have the opportunity to elect your boss or get them unelected when you disagree with them or they don’t give you want you wanted. Just doesn’t pass the smell test.
Johnnyp1958
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:40amLet’s see, is it better to reward large sums of money to the Governors who HAVE DESTROYED the very same states they govern or to reward govt. employees with large sums of money who help collapse the very same government they work for.
Report Post »JamesR
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:38amCome on America, enough is ENOUGH. Lower the pay scale, dump half of the federal work force and get our collective heads out of the sand. This political nightmare has to end. Talk about welfare, the federal government has it down to a science!
Report Post »stopthis
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:36amAnd more coming. For civilian national security forces and the camps. This is where some of the money is going. Hope you have passports and can get out before they shut the borders. Yes it’s true. These are the shovel ready projects. To bury us all. LOOK it up now. And then pray.
Report Post »It is kill joy talk I know. And sad. Look it up. G8 – 20 Philadelphia conference had it all down to handle crowd CONTROL with police? Our military is behind this too whether they like it or not.
Skippy Toes
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:32amThe union police in our state are adding to their pensions
Report Post »through traffice camera fees.It’s a big topic on talk radio in our state right now.
Isn’t that special? Can you say ticket boys and girls. I think you can.
Cemoto78
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:04pmYou seem to think the cop that issues the ticket somehow gets a cut out of the fine. If you were to look at the breakdown of the fine structure you’d be surprised how it works. In my state the fines are divided amongst the state, no matter what agency you work for, the courts, and then to the GENERAL FUND of the agency that issues the ticket. I am not a proponent of these red light cameras or speed cameras and the selling points used by the manufacturers of them sell these to the government entity and citizens telling them how they reduce accidents and injuries from them. And you could, like I have, attend your local city council meetings or county board meetings and voice your displeasure of them. Personally, I believe all government entities are looking at any and all creative ways to bring in revenues and if you think about it these types of programs are just another hidden tax. But on another note, when you do see some of these motorists flying down the road risking all the other motorists lives with their caviler attitudes, I bet your like me and swearing at them and their stupidity as they go by you like a blur or ride the back of your bumper in an attempt to make you speed up, all the while wondering where’s a cop when you need them!
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:25amGuess it doesn’t pay to be a governor. Nobody forced them to take the job – they ran for the office of their own free will.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:50amand no mention of years in service, training, education?
Report Post »tasmanianwabbit
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:18amEnvironmental protection specialists, archaeologists, sociologists, social workers, food service workers and civil rights analysts. Except, maybe the food service workers, do these people actually do anything useful?
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:17amThis does not surprise me. Having the misfortune of once having to write and oversee government grants I can tell you that most put pretty heavy limits on what the money can be spent on, but not so much on the pay or benefits of the staff. The last time I had to endure this torture we were asked to rewrite the budget several times because we kept putting too much money into actually helping people get out of poverty and when we asked, where should we put the extra money, we were told…. you can increase the staff pay and benefits. In fact, had we done what they wanted us to do, way more than half of the entire grant would have gone to staff pay and benefits and very little to making a difference and getting people out of poverty for good. THANKFULLY… in the end, we turned down the grants…. and I DID NOT get a big fat raise or more benefits, but the work we do is making a difference and that is the goal.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:10amWhat about Football Coaches, and Basketball coaches. Have you seen what they are bringing in?
Folks we are so screwed.
Disclaimer: If you ever see an underwear pic – this account was hacked, I mean pranked, I mean I will answer and you ask the questions, I mean if you are addressing 45000 people….
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:08amWhat recession?
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:54amThe damn thing is right here in my back yard!! Big ugly SOB, too!!!!
Report Post »JQPublic
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:07amThe country has to redefine what it expects out of its government and restructure according. Governors shouldn’t necessarily be the highest paid state employee but a park ranger getting paid more????
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:06amLifeguards and sanitation workers making between 144,000 and 213,000 dollars a year – and retiring at 50 years of age with 90% of peak salary… and we wonder why we are entirely and utterly broken…?
None are “producers” and their “wealth” simply does not exist – it is taken from those few, most productive people netting out far less. It is a formula for disaster.
And yet… YET… we producers are “rich”, suffer the President’s vilification?
We indeed stink from the head, but I remind all, we stink from the backside as well.
Report Post »jackeric61
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:39amright on the head LKETCHUM, We keep paying more and more to the people that produce nothing. How much more paper can we push, how much more oversight do we need. Making things that other countries need is what made us great. Now the only thing we make is debt and every country is buying but not for much longer. Soon the whole house of cards will fall nd we will drag every other country with it.
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 12:16pmBesides from out of your bum, where did you get these figures? Even under the old Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) the earliest retirement age was 55 with 30 years of service and the top pension rate is 70% of the highest three years of base salary. That system hasn’t been used since 1984, yes, there are still Federal employees covered by it, but no Federal Employee, including members of both Houses of Congress, has been put in the system. The current Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) is based on Social Security and Thrift Saving Plan (TSP) contributions, with 1% of salary for years of service and up to 5% in matching contributions to TSP. Congress is now part of this system. And the average Federal Worker is probably no higher than a GS11 and they make about $50,000 a year. Life Guards are usually about GS 4s and make between $8.50-17.00 an hour. Santitation is most often contracted out to private industry. Check with USAJOBS.gov if you don’t believe me. And notice, the name of the report and the report itself are not available for you to see, despite the fact that they are public property and free access. The CRS is part of the Library of Congress, they’re Federal Employees, too.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:00amMany federal employees are better qualified for their jobs than state governors. I don’t have a problem with this. Elected officials should never be the highest paid people in their governments.
Report Post »JQPublic
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:16amMany more are not. They are mindless drones who got their job from a family member, grudgingly put in their time and have no desire to think outside the box or go the extra mile. The bigger the city the easier it is for those just there to collect a paycheck to hide.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:35amWasn’t this story about federal employees? And the number appears to be about 7% are better paid than state governors. That makes sense to me. You can talk about the other 93% all you like.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:55amPretty sure if they were to consider TOTAL compensation value salary, bonuses, benefits, perks the Governors come out WAY ahead, I know quite a few 100K+ per year fed employees (Phd’s and Principle Engineers) who are worth every penny (I mean unless you want satellites and submarines design by C- engineering grads w/o experience, yeah didnt think so). Seems the goal of this story is to incite the class warfare crowd which is garbage.
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:08amNo, I want them to be in private companies competing fiercely for their jobs and contracts based upon the merit and worth of their work and results. Govt. may provide oversight and set standards and manage requirements – NOT/NOT own the processes end to end, where no one is challenged to perform well.
Report Post »Bulvine
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:12amNSDQ We have a C student running the country!
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:33am@LKETCHUM certain things you dont want going to the lowest bidder. If you want quality you have to pay for it, Daddy’s old saying “Nothing Good is Ever Cheap and Nothing Cheap is Ever Good” definitely applies to multi-million dollars projects. The engineers I know design/upgrade/troubleshoot and oversee contract companies who build expensive things they make sure corners are not cut and compliancey with design specifications. Now dont get me wrong I absolutely agree that some federal employees are way over paid for what they do, my point is you just cant lump 200K lifeguards and 100K Aerospace engineers all in the basket which is what this story does as it makes no effort to qualify the federal employees making what they do and since its a story originally from The Times, it seems pretty obvious the intent is to stoke the class warfare fires.
@BULVINE Amen!!
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:05amNSDQ So what your saying is because it has to do with government…Everyone is to lazy to get off their a$$ and make sure its done right ..So they pay someone more so no one has to get off their a$$. because they think it is done right because they are paying more ….There is the perfect …Government ideology…and why it is a failure …When like today it leaves the bounds of the Constitution..
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:25am@THEVOICE Pretty sure I said nothing of the sort. More succinctly perhaps my point is you dont get an engineer who can tell you why your torpedos arent firing, tell you why you lost your satellite uplink, oversee a nuclear propulsion system upgrade for $10 per hour.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:50am$100 K engineers? Satelittes and submarines? Pardon the SNORT! There are plumbers HELPERS working at the University down the street that majke more than that. Do you think HELPING replace a $100 toilet is worth $130K/yr
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 12:16pm@MATEYTWO BARREETT Absolutely not!! Just saying engineers and lifeguards ehhhh not exactly samething
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:51amThe police make more money than some of the people paying their salaries and pensions.
Think they care? Hell no.
Yous just shuts up and takes that.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:57amPolice risk their lives alomost daily in some Cities.
Report Post »KixAcelot
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:16am@smithclar3nc3
Report Post »I’m calling BS. Sure in some areas cops risk their lives daily (East LA, areas of NYC, other high crime areas of big cities) but the vast vast majority are not “risking their lives daily.” I have a nephew, a cousin and a good friend who are all cops in three different cities. And while I have tremendous respect for them and what they do, writing tickets and settling domestic disputes is not getting in a daily gunfight.
concealled9mms
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:27ampolice are screwing up many a small town in calif with there outrageous retirement im sorry people cops are cops for one reason MONEY as far as there job so what i wish the hell they would go away i can take care of me and mine .
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:28amSmithclr3nc3 — It’s always interesting to me that when the discussion is about increasing public funding of private pensions, people get lost in what occupation we are talking about. People should be funding their OWN pensions. I don’t care what job you have or how much good you do, it should be your responsibility to take care of your own retirement.
Silversmith
Report Post »Crockett1983
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:09amKixacelot, before you call BS you may want to talk to your nephew and cousin. Making traffic stops (writing tickets) and responding to domestic disputes are two of the most dangerous jobs cops do. Even SWAT team members will tell you that due to the unknown factor. It is the potential for violence that cops face doing these jobs that are important, not daily gunfights.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 6:56pm“Making traffic stops (writing tickets) and responding to domestic disputes are two of the most dangerous jobs cops do.”
Then I suggest they stop, not that they lobby my representative for more of my money. If they are incompetent in doing the job they are tasked to do with the money they agree to be paid to do it, then they serve no purpose.
Stop preying on motorists for revenue.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:40pm@KixAcelot,
How many domestic disturbances have you went into and mediated? When peoples emotions are at their peak they do a lot of extremely frightening and dangerous things. Check out the statistics, more cops are hurt/ killed responding to and handling domestic problems. And while your at it, check on the statistics on how many cops are injured/ killed on “routine” traffic stops. i believe your not seeing the big picture as sometimes when you stop that speeding car, it’s occupied by someone who just got done, or is planning on, doing personal harm to someone else and guess who they suddenly take this out on. I suggest you talk to your friends who are officers and ask them what makes the hair on the back of their neck stand up more while working. I assure you they will tell you #1 is domestic violence calls. I’d have a friend of mine tell you this, but he was shot in the face and killed while trying to mediate a domestic disturbance between a married couple. May I suggest you ask your local police department if you could ride along for a couple of shifts and you may see some things you’ll never forget.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:48amI don’t understand why most on this list make that kind of money but when it comes to air traffic controllers I want them well paid and awake .
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:26amGet rid of the union for the ATC and they would still be well paid and the ones caught sleeping could be replaced with responsible people.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:43amI’d settle for awake!!
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:46amonly in america
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:50amAnd yet the liberals continue to tell us that government employees are not paid fairly. This is why what Scott Walker is doing, is so important. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7UWMwmhr7Q This is a time of choosing in America.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:54amPolice are public employees.
Unionized too.
They’re lobbying representatives for more public pension contributions. Mmhm.
TSA is trying to unionize.
Armed Nazi Thugs, the both of them.
Report Post »penismightier
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:03amWhere’s the Anthony Weiner story? I have a penetrating comment to make on it. Come on Blaze, get with it!
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:07am@SINISTA MACE Police are protecting us, and the TSA agenta are doing the job their directed to preform.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:09amOnly in an “out of control” America!!
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:23amAnd still, the union thugs march on…
Report Post »BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:35amAll part of the Bolshi/muslim centralization of our government. Here’s a song I wrote about Mahdi Obama, the head of this new mess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdufoUASMc
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:42amNo worries. The Govs are on their ways out. Walker can be recalled in 215ish days. Check out their tanked approval ratings. Happy 2012! :)
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:43ambtw, Coburn may also b brought up on charges because of his involvement in the Ensign ordeal.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:54am@Sinista MACE
Report Post »Hey now…way too generalized. I’ve met some upstanding human beings that happen to be law enforcement officers for a living. I have also met police that used very sound judgment and made on the spot decisions that resulted in no incarcerations (for me!). I have also met some real azz-holes wearing the badge as well.
I also had top wait three days for a police report once after my vehicle was stolen while the police in the city “escorted” (partied) with a certain championship NBA team that year (that I hope loses every damn game they ever play because I want no more parades in my city if it means the cops are not doing what I paid them for)
So it goes all around. Sorry you get picked on so much by the po-po. Maybe you should work on your diction.
i want the truth
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:56amYa the reason why the governors might be on there way out is b/c the almighty one wants ALL the control! Russia, Germany? Anyone care anymore?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:57amWhat are the years of service? training? education levels? job duties? The govs have been in for how many months/weeks?? And accomplished what?? Reflect the needs/wants of the people? You don‘t look any further than you’re told?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:00amstop buying the false choices.
I saw a police union ad in san francisco yesterday – a child with the words – ‘who will keep him safe’ ‘ stop cutting police budgets’. First of all, police do not keep us safe. They investigate crimes, and apprehend suspects. They do not prevent crimes as a rule. I guess if each of us had our own officer assigned to us they might be able to prevent them. But otherwise, WE KEEP OURSELVES SAFE. – Just more nanny-state propaganda.
Candidate Obama said, we can’t keep having the same debate (ostensibly because he knows he cannot win the same debate) – he added, we have to change the question (this is what they have done). Instead of the debate being about the purpose of government and how to economically achieve those purposes, they have framed it – do you hate police, teachers, and firefighters? – kind of a “do you still beat your wife” question.
We need to correct the question… LOUDLY, and REPRIMAND the person who framed the question as such. We need to have a STRONG, CLEAR, CONCISE reprimand Prepared and ready instead of fumbling in shock when this happens. We need to sit through moot-interviews with agressive, antagonistic interviewers in private, repeatedly, until we are EXCELLENT at answering all issue questions, and all ‘gotcha’ questions.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:04amnobalony,
Report Post »The police clean up after the crime because the (un) justice system protect the criminals by not allowing private citizens to protect themselves.
theonefromabove
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:26amI could see this being 100% accurate.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:28am@SMITHCLAR3NC3 The police are our first line of pritection, and the second amendment gives us the right to bear arms.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:38am@ Nobalonga- The police and firefighters need to unionized? Really? I heartily disagree. The working conditions, hours of duty, quality of equipment, cost of training, vacation, sick days, health care, pension plans, not to menion that for some reason EVERY officer has his own car (no sharing) have all advanced to the point that is more than generous and in fact is more than equitable. Observe the response to an accident, or a fire. Watch a police chase. Every seen a LEO reverse ditrection on an interstate highway? Ever listened to the radio traffic during a chase. First the cops, then the fire dept, and then the EMS, then the contracted towing companies, then the road maintanence. Andy Taylor quit patrolling Mayberry years ago! Do they get hurt, killed? Are they the only ones? Are they “responsible”? Do they enjoy a position of “an officer of the court”? Ever heard of one lying in court? Do they get paid for showing up in court? Do they ever cause damage that is not reimbursed? Make erroneous arrests? Harass the citizenry? Kill innocent bystanders during high speed chases? One dies during the course of his JOB and you got 5000 cars, motorcycles, firetrucks all showing up at the funeral in a show of solidarity.
Report Post »taxed
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:46amLibs don’t understand that for every government job, more property must be stolen at the point of a gun from the private sector.
Conservatives feed, defend, and create jobs. We should at least get a thanks once in a while from these people.
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:55amAs a contractor for a government agency that has 1500 government employees, and 1500 civilian employees at my site, I can attest the federal government needs a reboot. 95% of the government employees here are here because of a quota, nepotism, or payback for political favor, and do nothing. As for us contractors we make close than 1/2 as much as the federal workers, even though they pay the companies we work for 4x as much as we are paid.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 11:58amnobalony,
Report Post »Police 90% of the time show up after the fact the hunt down killers so tax payers can pay 40,000 a year to supple them with entitlement that alot of law abiding citizen don’t have.
When truth be known it would be cheaper and more just to let the victims and their family extract their own justice.
While I agree some law enforcement was necessary I think it has become far more intrusive and the system has become far more ineffective in controling crime.
jbfastpitch
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 12:29pmIt is time to eliminate about 50 federal agencies and about 2 million federal employees. Let’s turn the DC metro area into an agricultural area.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 1:11pm@SMITHCLAR3NC3 This article is about federal employees. We’re away from the subject. I support all local police departments, and vigilates are wrong, because they act outside the law with their own form of justice.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 1:26pmInteresting that the report didn’t delve into how much they will be making when they retire!
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:32pmAnd we wonder why this country is going down the toilet. People get paid too much for the work they do. Enjoy the downward spiral America. Its over thanks to your greed..
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:40amAbolish Domestic Violence laws.
Assault is assault. We don’t need any more special interest groups claiming they were specially assaulted and deserve some extra deference.
The entire domestic violence intervention program is garbage. They focus on the male aspect of physical abuse ONLY because it results in people being hurt or killed, and don’t at all focus on the other 4 forms of abuse (emotional, financial, sexual, mental) most of which are perpetrated by females, most of which are catalysts leading to the physical abuse, and most of which are just as destructive as physical abuse. This is a product of the Rockefeller-funded feminist movement, and is one of the avenues of ingress the GOVERNMENT uses to get into your household. Child protective services, welfare, WIC, all of these social programs are a result of the feminist movement.
Man is the head of the household.
The Federal and State governments are trying to usurp that authority.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:51amI don’t have a problem with paying the Air Traffic Controllers 150k a year, because so many people rely on them being there, and being accurate. I do have a problem with paying the Post Office Postmaster twice the pay of the POTUS, since his “company is running in the red” all the time. Librarians are not worth that cost either. Computer programmers it depends. If they are the ones that are guarding our banks, our military secrets, and our Governmental offices from being attacked, then they are well worth that, if they are just fixing the computers in the staff offices, then no, they aren’t worth it at all.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:56amFor those that think this is a “greed” based argument, think again. This is government spending, greed has nothing to do with it.
Report Post »Greed plays a HUGE role in making America GREAT. Without someone being greedy, they wouldn’t invest in a business to make more money, which creates jobs(we would do well to have a bit more greed right now). Greed leads to investment in research, because if you discover another way to do or beat something, then that greed has made everyone around you better. Without greed, we wouldn’t even be chatting on the INTERNET. You wouldn’t have antibiotics, cars, light bulbs, refrigeration. ETC. Heck you wouldn’t even have sliced bread or a flushing toilet. Yea, greed is bad. NOT!