Posted on 11/26/2013 4:28:27 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
How busy are they collecting our data and private information?
How many more will be hired by the IRS to inflict Obamacare dictates on the nation?
At least they have jobs - permanent jobs it would seem.
there supposed to be public servants! The feds need to pay more for the benefits that they receive. businesses in the private sector have had to make cuts on benies, why not local, state and fed employees?
You can see the plans and cost here:
http://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/plan-information/
article only says they would be asked to add contributions but not what that level would become.
Complaining about pay freezes when nobody is getting raises and many can’t find jobs for 30 hours a week will justifiably find deaf ears except from the politicians who rely on their vote.
There is an intrenched idea out there that government and government “workers” should NEVER have to do with less. Even having to get by with the same for 2 yrs seems intolerable to them.
Yet when those of us in the private sector complain about taxes going up we are accused of whining....
Putting more people on Medicare is expensive.
Paying extended time on unemployment is expensive.
Adding more and more people to the Food Stamp program is expensive.
Advertising on television asking more people to get food stamps is expensive.
EBT cards are expensive.
Somebody has to pay for these things. We cannot expect to cut anything that brings in Democrat votes.
So we go after the workers. First we rip them off for Obamacare, then we raise their contribution to their retirement, then we cut the retirement.
And after all of this they expect the workers to vote for Democrats.
Hey, Mr. Cox: your employers (the taxpayers) find it entirely acceptable. If you don't like it, find a better package in the private sector. . .
They should really cut the budget and close the useless Energy Dept., Interior Dept., Commerce Dept., USDA, HHS, Education Dept. Let those who have fed from the feral government trough go find a job in the Obama economy. It’s obvious that these paper-pushers are over-paid when the five richest counties in the nation are clustered around Washington D. C.
Fed “workers”? Bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa. Let me catch my breath.
When I left the private sector about 25 years ago, I gave up a higher-paying job and lucrative stock options in the company I worked for because I wanted to be on the government side of the table. In return, I got a GS job with lower pay smaller bonuses and slow raises which have been non-existent for the last four years. I’m about ready to chuck it all and retire on the pittance FERS offers. Nod when I get a bad attitude like that, you’ve really accomplished a feat. What discourages me most is comments in threads like this one from ignorant people who don’t make even a feeble attempt to find out facts about the work of a Fed in the Obama administration. I know many old hands who feel the same way I do.
TC
The current administration is literally sucking the life out of us in increased taxes (removal of deductions is an increase in taxes), higher costs at the grocery store, and raising the cost of doing business. If we have to suffer so should they. We need to look at the fatcat politician’s pensions and restructure them based on performance.
Well at least your healthcare plan is the best in the nation and I don’t know any company that offers the vacation time/sick time/training time that federal employees enjoy. When you match up the total benefit packages of government employees, you’d be hard-pressed to find something comparable in the private sector... unless you’re senior management.
Nothing but smoke and mirrors. Only talk about % change and not the actual cost and contributions... keep it confused and they can change the goal posts all the time.
$20 bil over how many years? Noting but a f__t in a whirlwind. Why waste time? Oh, this is all they can agree on.
Ineffective, lame, broken, useless government and politicians.
Feel free to retire. We have entirely too many people working in Government, or FOR government. I haven’t had a raise in 5 years, or a bonus in 7. Welcome to Reality, Mister Fed. . .
And if my co-workers at my state office are any indication, most will continue to vote Democrat and accuse the Republicans of causing the problems, regardless of the evidence to the contrary.
Yes: The one thing that never changes with Democrats is hat they can never have an open mind. They cannot think for themselves.
The die hard Democrats that I know do no keep up with what is going on and in fact although they are educated and intelligent human beings they are true lo-info voters . They do not look into politics they just take it for granted that the Democrat party is doing right by them.
But in the next two years things are going to change. They are going to start getting hit in the pocketbook by their insurance going up along with their deductibles and their taxes going up to pay for those who are not paying. When they are hit hard enough they may wake up.
With incomes double those in the private sector, they can certainly afford it.
OPM.GOV (Other people’s $$) Fitting
Sorry, how about this, both public and private
Knock off the bennies, kill the income tax and invest in yourself and/or save for retirement using your own $$.
The taxpayers are not a piggie-bank; and the sure as sh*t don’t get any say at the ‘negotiating table’
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