LOOK WHO'S GETTING RICH Federal Bureaucracy Salary Growth Dramatically Larger than Private Sector

USA Today/The_lid ^ | 12/11/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

For most of this country, this recession been a tough one. Chances are If you haven't lost a job you know someone who has. The real unemployment number (including people who are no longer getting unemployment dollars or have given up looking) is over 17%. Many many who have kept their jobs, have lost income either through pay cuts or unpaid furloughs.

There is one group of people who have had nothing but good news. People working for the federal government have seen their salaries skyrocket. Not surprisingly, the number of people working for the federal bureaucracy has grown as President Obama's strategy of more government control over the economy continues to push out the private sector.

[lesko]

Now is not the time to admit to anyone you are a federal employee.

[dumpthelibs]

I always thought they were lazy pieces of sh*t before all of this crap. How I can add how much I detest them to the list. You have your spine and initiative gland removed when you become a government employee.

[PrairieRoot]

Oooooooooh.....sour grapes because you couldn’t pass a simple service exam????

[Dick Bachert]

DUUHHHH...

Is that not the purpose of the entire exercise begun on January 20th?

[Thommas]

I work as an Air Traffic Controller at the fourth busiest facility in the U.S. I may not be representative of the Federal employment pool, but I did have to train hard, display competence and continue to separate aircraft to hold my job.

I do not feel guilty for the pay I receive, which is substantial. If the public feels it is too much, then it should petition their representatives to privatize the agency. I'm sure the public will get their money's worth from dedicated "career" employees making $15 an hour.

As for me, I'll just retire from the Fed and set up my private law practice. It will be amusing to see how private aviation, commercial routes and restricted flying zones will evolve with a more "cost effective" system in place.

[WOBBLY BOB]

once everyone is unionized, we’ll all be good komrades.