Politicians Serious About Deficit Should Tie Government Worker's Compensation to Market Wages

ATR ^ | 7/6/10 | Christopher Prandoni

[Andrea19]

In order to pay for current incongruous spending levels, government spending is now 23% of GDP, Democrats have attempted to levy the American people with a slew of new taxes. More prominently, House Democrats, aided by a handful of Republicans, managed to pass HR 2454, commonly referred to as cap-and-tax, legislation that would have raised a family of four’s energy costs by $22,800 from 2012 to 2035 had the bill not stalled in the Senate...

Read more: http://www.atr.org/politicians-serious-deficit-tie-government-workers-a5186#ixzz0svIa0vQr

[Andrea19]

Democrats and Republicans in Congress love amendments at the last moment loaded with spending; let's have the debate in real-time please.

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[org.whodat]

Hell put any job over ten dollars an hour up for bid.

[Andrea19]

How does the line from “Evita” go? ‘Accountants only get in the way.’

[Jim from C-Town]

‘government spending is now 23% of GDP’

That is FEDERAL Government spending. All government spending accounts for much more than that.

[Jim from C-Town]

‘government spending is now 23% of GDP’

That is FEDERAL Government spending. All government spending accounts for much more than that.