I was a Customs Inspector. I protected our borders, literally, when I worked on the Mexican border. When I transferred to a seaport, I became adept at detecting import fraud. The additional import duties, penalties and interest that were paid because I did my job well, was many times more than the salary I earned. And I did earn it. I worked very hard at my job. My first year on the job, my base salary was about $15,000. I was putting my life on the line for my country for a pittance.
I don’t know what the current figures are but it used o be said that the Customs Service (I was an inspector prior o 9/11, when the change was made to Customs and Border Protection) earned 12 dollars for every dollar that was spent on the Agency.
I am not asking for thanks or appreciation. I just want the complaining to stop.
Fat chance. The people who profit from shipping your job overseas, or illegally bringing in somebody to do it here for pennies, have a vested interest in keeping the complaints focused somewhere else -- and they own media megaphones.
>> I am not asking for thanks or appreciation. I just want the complaining to stop.
Are you implying that ALL government bureaucrats are just like you? And that we who are footing the bill have no right to ask for cost effective government or complain when it’s painfully obvious that such is not the case?