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Big Gubmaint seems to be the main impetus behind much of big business spending and now control as well.. in fact, much of each is melded with the other and it is hard to tell them apart all too oft these days.
Not to mention the benefits!
We will then be serfs.
If this ain’t a reason to vote truly Republican, I don’t know what is. Infuriating.
I’ve been grinding an axe about this for years. Under the NSPS system the DoD civilian executives have looted the pay pool and paid themselves maximum raises and bonuses for years now.
Never mind that in govt the worst people are promoted to the top. Liars and backstabbers are the rule. Competence is virtually never a criterion. Gender, race, church affiliation, bowling buddies...... all promotional factors. If all govt managers above the first lever were fired no one would ever notice except for the huge reduction in stupid new policies and regulations.
why am i still paying for this crap
more and more it feels like a group of people making excuses to force money from my pocket for their own personal greed
i am so tired of it
It appears the role of “public servant” has been reversed...or is that serf????
Wow, and in USA Today too. How much more bad news can the public take? A nation of paupers under Obama’s socialism means a tax for everything to support government. And a new tax for global warming will be next. Or maybe a tax for breathing the air.
It truly has become a Brave New World. It was not that many years ago that civil servants received lower salaries because they were guaranteed lifetime employment.
Once everyone is unionized, we’ll all be good komrads.Voting the party line to insure growth of the party and snare more good komrads.
This is from 2004! California employees:
Name Workplace Salary Overtime Total Pay
Mark Anson
Chief Investment Officer CalPERS $373,891.28 N/A $608,489.28
Christianna Wood
Senior Investment Officer CalPERS $258,931.61 N/A $412,745.61
Patricia A. Pinkos
Senior Investment Officer CalPERS $247,003.90 N/A $406,316.90
Michael B. Mc Cook
Senior Investment Officer CalPERS $245,889.67 N/A $402,798.67
Curtis D. Ishii
Senior Investment Officer CalPERS $251,098.48 N/A $401,240.48
Leon G. Shahinian
Senior Investment Officer CalPERS $199,902.07 N/A $319,527.07
Tim L. Alder
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $315,201.92
Christopher J. Ailman
Chief Investment Officer State Teachers Retirement System $243,750.00 N/A $312,937.50
Richard J. Hayes
Senior Investment Officer CalPERS $137,751.81 N/A $302,595.81
Tam D. Bui
Physician and Surgeon San Quentin State Prison $132,854.30 $161,642.18 $294,496.48
Dianne C. Oki
President State Comp Insurance Fund $271,916.67 N/A $271,916.67
Gertrudis C. Agcaoili
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Napa State Hospital $188,365.54 $15,558.48 $259,126.42
Mary C. Cottrill
Senior Portfolio Manager CalPERS $170,696.71 N/A $255,175.71
Bong Doan
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $253,178.03
Ronald L. Seeling
Chief Actuary CalPERS $195,859.60 N/A $249,916.60
John B. Ehnes
Chief Executive Officer State Teachers Retirement System $195,831.00 N/A $243,046.00
Kevin A. Winter
Senior Portfolio Manager CalPERS $173,160.03 N/A $240,935.03
Shelly James
Staff Psychiatrist CA State Prison - Solano $176,648.20 N/A $235,722.00
Joseph Ezra
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $232,394.39
Michael H. Lisiak
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Atascadero State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $226,060.25
Mohamed Amr I. Hafez
Physician and Surgeon (Safety) Patton State Hospital $132,854.30 N/A $223,990.38
John W. Douglas
Staff Psychiatrist Pelican Bay State Prison $168,179.02 $52,486.33 $220,679.66
Fred R. Buenrostro Jr
Executive Officer CalPERS $173,352.12 N/A $220,512.12
Alfonso Fernandez
Senior Portfolio Manager CalPERS $148,898.25 N/A $218,683.25
Carl A. Guidi
Portfolio Manager CalPERS $128,676.25 N/A $218,403.25
Real R. Desrochers
Investment Director State Teachers Retirement System $179,209.00 N/A $217,136.88
Anh C. Nguyen
Physician and Surgeon Frank D Lanterman Hospital $130,454.30 N/A $214,994.67
Paul D. Fortaleza
Physician and Surgeon Csp - Los Angeles County $132,854.30 $82,092.05 $214,946.35
Timothy B. Martin
Physician and Surgeon San Quentin State Prison $132,854.30 $80,702.69 $213,556.99
Nitin B. Kulkarni
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $213,527.18
Ba N. Tran
Physician and Surgeon Frank D Lanterman Hospital $130,454.30 N/A $212,994.85
Warren T. Trepeta
Portfolio Manager CalPERS $126,967.50 N/A $212,827.50
Sang V. Chung
Physician and Surgeon (Safety) Patton State Hospital $132,854.30 N/A $211,613.47
Wadsworth H. Murad
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $211,496.75
Paul H. Kratofil
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $209,083.22
Lawrence V. Harrison
Staff Psychiatrist CA Medical Facility $156,854.30 N/A $207,735.90
Aubrey Dent
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Vacaville Psychiatric Facility $153,179.02 N/A $206,989.19
Donald R. Walk
Medical Consultant I (Psychiatrist) Social Services $121,015.31 N/A $206,416.31
Hazem Hashem
Staff Psychiatrist CA Medical Facility $156,854.30 N/A $206,346.30
Mubashir A. Farooqi
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $205,980.12
Chengxin Yang
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $205,788.56
Francy M. Mateus
Medical Consultant I (Psychiatrist) Social Services $121,015.31 N/A $205,363.31
Mohsen Shalaby
Physician and Surgeon CA Institution For Men $132,854.30 N/A $204,888.80
Michael J. Reynolds
Physician and Surgeon CA State Prison - Corcoran $132,854.30 N/A $203,607.20
Christopher W. Sangdahl
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $203,030.24
John I. Benson
Staff Psychiatrist (Safety) Patton State Hospital $155,654.30 N/A $201,344.65
Julian Kim
Physician and Surgeon CA State Prison - Corcoran $132,854.30 N/A $200,819.58
Johnny K. Dang
Physician and Surgeon CA State Prison - Corcoran $132,854.30 N/A $200,577.64
Thanit Hasadsri
Physician and Surgeon CA State Prison - Corcoran $128,775.19 N/A $199,460.07
Ronald A. Bortman
Staff Psychiatrist Pelican Bay State Prison $169,047.17 $30,247.34 $199,294.51
Pay your taxes.
We’re in the middle of a recession. We can’t do with less.
-your government
And in other news...Fed moves to cap private sector pay.
The federal bureaucracy needs a salary reduction!
ASAP!
Wanna really be outraged? Up in my area in Westhampton, NY
http://gothamist.com/2009/06/04/westhampton_cop_
wants_to_make_more.php
and in nearby CLarkstown: click the NYTimes link mentioned
in the Westhampton article.
THree police officials in this town of I believe 73000
(comprising five villages) EACH make over 300,000/yearly.
I have friends in CLarkstown,NY who are making a big big issue of this: http://www.disgustedtaxpayers.com —click there for
story of how it started. Maybe we should use this thread to try and launch a permanent research project for out of kilter LE salaries. Anyone have any juicy and depressing figures?
Can’t get the initial link to the Westhampton cop story to display right. So other embedded link to Clarkstown story is lost too.
Best thing is to google Gothamist Westhampton cop
story will come up.
I've actually seen this offered as a reason we need to pay high-level government workers more than what they'd get doing an equivalent job in private industry (if there were, which in most cases there are not), so they won't leave.
Invaluable, irreplaceable, essential. All the attributes of the arrogance that accompanies government service.