Extraction of superfluous government workers is neccessary
Posted on 11/24/2016 10:09:10 AM PST by markomalley
As a longtime resident of government employee country I say this plan couldn’t come soon enough. The bureaucracy in DC is massive, expensive, and entitled. Given the degree to which technology could easily reduce the bloat in the city and beyond wins should come early and relatively easily.
Wins for taxpayers anyway. Washington, the “imperial city” won’t like it and will scream bloody murder. On the other hand recent reports said that up to 35% of federal workers said they’d consider quitting their jobs if Trump became president. I say we call em’ on it.
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Most are nothing but parasites anyway. Purge the whole lot.
Every winter when a couple of snowflakes fall, they send home all non-essential personnel...Sounds like they will now send them home permanently...It’s highly entertaining watching the snowflakes fall...
The more they bare it the better for America.
Fire them all and start over again. Each applicant would have to submit a resume with the job application just like civilians. Salaries would be 20% LESS THAN private sector salaries.
Post/comments (here and there) BUMP!
At one time government work paid a lot less, the trade off was job security. Over the years wages passed by the private sector and the security continued. Now we have a ruling class that we must work to support.
Don’t get me wrong, I know there are some really good and devoted people in those jobs. Unfortunately, there are 20 bad ones for every good one. Public sector unions need to be outlawed, agencies should be cut. Government needs to be run like a business
Defenestrate the mandarin class.
The federal employee program is affirmative action central.
The federal employee program is affirmative action central.
One project was in conjunction with Howard University, geared to attracting students to come get a free education in exchange for learning Arabic or Chinese and later working for the government.
Another was building an online tool for CEO's to use to gauge their "readiness" for a flu pandemic.
Everyone I worked with was slow... stupid... and couldn't care less about cost or actual results. It was absolutely incredible how much waste there was relative to what I had been used to in the corporate world where cost and results do matter.
While stationed near DC in the Air Force in the 60s, Sharon and I visited an aunt and uncle in College Park, Md.
One morning I noticed that my uncle came down to breakfast and peered out the window at his neighbors’ driveways. He was a private sector electronics engineer who was heavily involved in the development of the first instrument landing systems for airports. Nearly all his neighbors held government jobs.
One morning I asked him about his routine of peering at their driveways. He responded that he was always happy to see their cars still there as it meant that they weren’t downtown wasting office supplies and making life miserable for the rest of us.
After spending 30+ years trying to make a living in what little remains of the private sector here, I fully understand why he felt the way he did.
And can someone tell me why, when there is some lower severity situation or natural event, the government sends out word that only ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD REPORT FOR “WORK?” It begs the question WHY THE DOES A TAXPAYER FUNDED BUREAUCRACY EVEN HAVE “NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES”??
Why don't you people do a better job of letting others know that there are those who work for Uncle Sam who do good work and get paid peanuts.
The OFFICIAL definition of “POLITICS”.
Poli = MANY
Tics = BLOOD SUCKERS
Now you know!
The OFFICIAL definition of “POLITICS”.
Poli = MANY
Tics = BLOOD SUCKERS
Now you know!
Reince was very close to the reform process Gov. Walker implemented in WI.
Guy I worked with,had joined the navy and was there for 10 years..He would tell me about the Times the high brass would come on board and the crew were told to toss machines etc into the sea..Some of it was brand new.Buuuut,if you had the items,your budget got cut..He said they were always getting more money for newer items.He joked if people could go to the bottom of the ocean there would be thousands of military hardware rotting away....
Hiring freezes, an end to automatic raises, a green light to fire poor performers, a ban on union business on the government’s dime and less generous pensions — these are the contours of the blueprint emerging under Republican control of Washington in January.
I have some friends and relatives in the public sector. They are very good, very competent people, but when it comes to talking about work there is a very palpable culture shock.
They have no concept of what those of us in the dreaded private sector have to go through when it comes to health insurance. They may complain about having co-pays, that’s the extent of their difficulties. No deductibles, monthly payments, etc.
They get vacation days, floating holidays, comp time, mental health days and if one took the time to add up the time they actually spend working they’d probably be considered part-time in the private sector.
And it is sad to see smart, hard-working people wither somewhat under a system that penalizes drive and ambition. Many of their co-workers are barnacles and get the same rewards for half the effort, so they begin to wonder “why bother” and their own work ethic starts to wane.
Many state and federal departments are glorified adult day care centers. End them.
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