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To: HapaxLegamenon

Washington census workers to pocket $20 per hour

excerpt:Some lawmakers questioned the spending of the agency after a report by the Commerce Department’s inspector general last month found that about 10,000 workers were paid a combined $3.4 million just for completing training. And $2.5 million was spent on advertising during the Super Bowl.

excerpt: “You don’t need a Ph.D. or anything like that,” said Fairfax census office manager Odis Graham, referring to the surging number of applicants. “We have been very successful in our recruiting.”

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Washington-census-workers-to-pocket-_20-per-hour-86762287.html#ixzz0hd5crhUm

I wonder just how much background checking cost is part of this expense...uh, probably NONE!


22 posted on 03/08/2010 3:11:14 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

We got that really important mail today alerting us that we will be getting that really important census form soon. Idiots!

Supposedly the forms would be mailed in March so why did I have someone calling me wanting to ask me questions in early February.

She said we hadn’t returned the census form. I said I didn’t get one so she wanted me to go ahead and answer some questions. I told her I would wait on the mail, since the form was supposedly mailed.

I called the bureau and told them about it. Then later another woman called and said they had mailed it to the wrong address. Yeah, right. Liars! We’ve lived at this address for 37 yrs. and they can’t find us? Idiots!


23 posted on 03/08/2010 3:24:57 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

“I wonder just how much background checking cost is part of this expense...uh, probably NONE!”

You’d be wrong, then. Every single person they hire is run through the computer first, AND fingerprinted for the FBI to check. I just had training on fingerprinting people last week.


26 posted on 03/08/2010 11:11:46 PM PST by Mr Inviso (ACORN=Arrogant Condescending Obama Ruining Nation)
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