Posted on 03/03/2009 2:39:12 PM PST by jessduntno
By Philip Rucker Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 3, 2009; Page A01
President Obama's budget is so ambitious, with vast new spending on health care, energy independence, education and services for veterans, that experts say he probably will need to hire tens of thousands of new federal government workers to realize his goals.
The $3.6 trillion plan released last week proposes spending billions to begin initiatives and implement existing programs, and given Obama's insistence that he would scale back the use of private-sector contractors, his priorities could reverse a generational decline in the size of the government workforce.
Exactly how many new workers would be needed remains unclear -- one independent estimate was 100,000, while the conservative Heritage Foundation said it is likely to be closer to a quarter-million.
Administration officials said they cannot determine overall hiring projections until the president's full budget is released this spring, but acknowledged that significant new hiring will occur.
"It is premature to be making any assumptions about overall federal employment levels," White House budget director Peter Orszag said.
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Ohhhhhhhh...there it is...the bullsitometer just spun off the face of the dial...
Heritage foundation estimates the need for 250,000 new government lackeys.
another layer to be added the Blobocracy in the Beltway? I’m shocked..
Or, as the Mutt refers to them, his base...Fed employees and shall we dare think they will be people entitled to reperations of some sort?????
I'm available after working my gonnies to the max since I was 14 without want for a handout.
Today, I'm unemployed.....
Personal issues being the cause I guess. /s
how many of those 250,000 will be illegal aliens?
“how many of those 250,000 will be illegal aliens?”
How many will be Kenyans with no legitimate birth certificates?
Hope, Not Nope!
Wasn't there a senator stating such gibberish in California recently?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2136635/posts
“Are you looking for a job?”
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experts say he probably will need to hire tens of thousands of new federal government workers to realize his goals."That's really nearfetched, Jim!" -- George Carlin
Let’s keep race out of this. Calling Obama a Mutt is not necessary, but it is insulting to anyone of mixed race.
The government lackeys won't push brooms. The government lackeys won't fix their new government vehicles. Heck, the old government lackeys won't even train the new government lackeys.
The army of drones will require another army of private sector workers to enable them to do their jobs. There will be opportunities (of a sort) to seize.
/sarc
I could use the job, but no.
There will come a time where everyone either works for government or is being hunted down by government!
“Asked what kind of dog he plans to buy for his two young daughters, Barack Obama said it’s a tossup between a purebred and a mutt like him.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15416.html
I won’t hold my breath while I await your racist apology.
Oh, no!
Prayers for you to quickly be re-employed!
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