Actually a lot of them work hard all day. It is what they are working on that is not needed. Lot of useless tasks and forms and procedures that are non-existant in the private sector. That is why I laugh about the government take over of healthcare to “streamline” the business.
“It is what they are working on that is not needed. “
I started to define this exception in my previous post, but then I decided that it also qualifies as “Doing Nothing”.
Your point is well taken though.
The concept that we hire MORE federal workers during an economic downturn is basic proof that there is a disconnect between the real world and club-fed.
No matter how little work they do, it’s too much. No matter how much they are paid, it’s too little.
I am amused at the gov’t types that deny this. The other forgotten scandal of a few years ago - that “diploma mills” are part of the government “more educated” fraud. Remember Laura Callahan (I think that was her name) who was CIO of DHS? She was very highly credentialed from non-existent institutions. This is widespread in government. Go figure? get a diploma by doing nothing and get a raise....PERFECT for a government employee.
You make a good point. The gov’t employs a lot of “highly educated” people in roles that wouldn’t exist or shouldn’t exist if the market made the rules. I read an article some time back by a guy with a history degree or something who made, by his own admission, far more working for gov’t than he could in the private sector, if he could’ve even found a job. He was leaving his job and wanted to try and actually EARN his money for a change.