[ExTexasRedhead]

Blood Suckers?

[SkyDancer]

Wow, how totally unexpected - meanwhile my granddad didn’t get his 3% yearly increase in his SS check because, he was told, there was no inflation last year and maybe next year too ....

[skeeter]

Yep, the next great internal conflict will not be between north & south, or even liberals and conservatives.

It will be between the government's unions/clients and the private sector.

If Obama wants to talk about a growing inequity between segments of our society he need look no further. But he's not really interested in justice, is he.

[Trajan88]

What would happen if the next conservative president signs an executive order eliminating the dept. of interior, energy, and educations?

Or death by cutting their budgets in 1/2 (or more)?

It is time for govt. employees to feel a little "pain" too... if they're good at what they do and they have marketable degrees/training then let them go survival of the fittest.

[RockyMtnMan]

The problem stems from the fact that government positions compete with private positions to “win” new hires. As salaries rise in the bidding war, existing salaries are brought up to match for “fairness”. Unlike private industry the government has nearly unlimited funds and never has to face investors (taxpayers) about why they require so much to operate.