For Federal Employees, a Feeling of Being Targets in the Budget Wars

New York Times ^ | December 5, 2010 | Ashley Parker

[Poundstone]

WASHINGTON — Iyauta Moore may be many things — a single mother raised by a single mother in the South Bronx, a 34-year-old woman with a master’s degree in public administration from American University, a top-level government employee who makes a little over $100,000 a year — but she bristles at the notion that she is just another overpaid, underworked, cosseted bureaucrat.

“What I do here involves creating something that doesn’t exist,” she said of her job at the Department of Education, where she is establishing a group to help oversee all of the department’s grants. “That’s not pushing paper.”

Ms. Moore, who is a member of the American Federation of Government Employees, added: “We’re out and we’re making a difference in the community. And I don’t really think you can put a dollar figure on that.”

But as politicians intent on cutting the federal budget try to do just that, career government employees are feeling besieged.

[dennisw]

Federal employees are the ultimate parasites because their patron can print money. States and counties cannot print money so their drones and parasites have been laid off or taken salary cuts. Benefits cuts too.

In contrast the numbers of Fed employees has swelled by 200,000 during Obongo’s regime. Undoubtedly most (90%) of these hires are connected liberals and Democrats who can’t hack it in the private sector. Undoubtedly most of these hires are due to affirmative action which also leads to the incompetent Federal workforce of today.

And forget civil service. Most Fed hires are done by skirting civil service. It is hiring by the buddy system, meaning you know the right Democrats to get your greasy job

[tricksy]

Excellent point. The pay freeze will push out the ones who actually have useful scientific, legal, etc skills (and are relatively conservative because they have a clue about reality) and create openings for Obamoids to fill.

[Lazamataz]

What a stinking load of New York Times.

[Old North State]

If you define your job as giving away other people's money, then, axiomatically, giving away more of it quicker becomes a good job.The fact that the money spent produces nothing of value is irrelevant, not your concern.

[jpsb]

Every job at Department of Education is a waste of monies. A masters in Public Administration? Wow I am impressed /NOT

[rahbert]

“We’re out and we’re making a difference in the community”

When I hear this phrase, I recognize another useless
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[Iron Munro]

Here is all we need to know about Iyauta Moore's credentials to make a judgement call on her bias:

• Single mother

• Raised by a single mother in the South Bronx

• Master’s degree in public administration (almost as meaningful as Underwater Basket Weaving)

• Ensuring Equal Access to Welfare-Related Services By Jan Kaplan, with Iyauta Moore

• African-american Studies Civ Rights: Access And Discrimination

  work primarily to respond to its African American, tribal and 3034 (HHS Office ofcivil rights Sept Discriminates Against Latinos, Quintana v. Dowling , 94 civ. http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/access_discrimination.asp

  Extractions: Network Home Search About IFDM Site Map ... Go To TFP Access and Discrimination Resources Announcements Organizational Links State and Local Programs General Publications If you have any questions about the content of this page,

  please email Iyauta Moore at imoore@financeproject.org

[Joan Kerrey]

“We’re out and we’re making a difference in the community.

Yes they are doing just that, destroying the future of our country.

[milwguy]

Poundstone,

I did not notice anything in the article about retirement benefits (pension amounts, defined benefits, number years service needed to retire). I also did not notice anything about health benefits. When you add the lavish pension and health benefits to a federal workers total compensation, as well as their job security, the federal gov’t employee has an awesome deal. If the chemical engineer quoted can make more in the private sector, he is welcome to go that route. More MSM apologist crappola from the slimes.,

[jpsb]

[Mashood]

Its obvious from the chart that its Poundstones fault.

[dennisw]

Iyauta Moore may be many things — a single mother raised by a single mother in the South Bronx, a 34-year-old woman with a master’s degree in public administration from American University, a top-level government employee who makes a little over $100,000 a year — but she bristles at the notion that she is just another overpaid, underworked, cosseted bureaucrat.

“What I do here involves creating something that doesn’t exist,” she said of her job at the Department of Education, where she is establishing a group to help oversee all of the department’s grants. “That’s not pushing paper.”

LOL 
She is way overpaid for doing a job that is totally unnecessary and did not exist a few decades ago
This affirmative action parasite is the perfect role model for 50% of Federal drones. We could easily get by if  half the Fed employees were fired most especially in the Department of Education.  In fact we should eliminate the Federal Department of Education. Education is a matter for the counties and states

We had no Department of Education until Lyndon Johnson came along.
Prior to that we had the Cabinet level "Department of Health Education and Welfare" where the Federal education efforts were much more modest

To buy votes the Democrats created the Department of Education. More jobs for Democrat drones and more moolah to hand out to Democrat constituencies and racial/ethnic groups

[calex59]

Federal employees need to be thinned out. The dept. of Education needs to be dumped altogether. The feds have no constitutional, or moral, obligation or right to interfere in the schools of the states. The EPA also needs to go, the sooner the better, not to mention the bloated IRS.

[dennisw]

Here is all we need to know about Iyauta Moore’s credentials>>>>>

Hired via affirmative action? Ya think? lol

[Le Chien Rouge]

“I hope you paid your own way through college:

YES...no financial aid or parental help..we do still exist.

“expect no inheritance”.:

NO...father already said it’s his money and he’ll spend it any way he desires.

“You sound like an angry brat.”

Angry?? Yes...paying for a whole group of people’s retirement while having my own wages reduce.

Brat???-— I’m not spoiled.I work for a living

“Your father made his career choices out of an obligation to marry, have kids (you) and to support his family.”

He admitted to taking the easiest,safest career choice available, only MARRIED because he had to(shotgun wedding), all the siblings were ACCIDENTS .....YES!! he did feed us three times a day and provided a roof but he let us know it was it house and we were lucky to get that...

“living on social security in poverty” I’ll be living in poverty but there will be NO social security when I retire.

I own my own business and am getting drilled with regs and taxes to fund an obese entity that pretends like it is needed. We don’t need a big government to survive in the private sector. A small one would do just fine.

Thank you for your concern anyhow.

[Neets]

I agree with you 100%..as a 30+ year Fed Employee, I am tired of hearing the stereotypical “bad, bad, fed employee” going around.

Please ping me to future articles if you find them.

[The Duke]

I had to get a lot older than her before I broke $100k. But heck, I was just a non-minority NASA engineer, and I didn't do anything fancy with any "communities".

I don't mind if we keep paying these parasites, though, because ultimately it will lead to the "Great Correction" that will greatly thin the herd and pave the way to a brighter future for my kids and grandkids.

[silverleaf]

“Value” is in the eye of the beholder, isn’t it?

There are people who will buy a “gag gift” of $2 plastic dog poop made in China. That my friend is “value”, and you don’t need an MBA in Marketing to figure out that a lot of the global work force is scrambling to find ways to create “value” and sell it.

Back to govt jobs- The people getting benefits from the programs she administers find “value” in her service. That and the paycheck is why she goes to work everyday instead of staying home popping out welfare babies.

From poverty in the Bronx to age 34, an MPA from American University and a job she is proud of that helps other people (not you). Good for her.

[conservaterian]

The reason Federal “employees” make such good targets is that they are just sitting still, doing nothing. Not hard to hit a stationary target. Not any different than any other parasite- let someone else do the work, you reap the benefits.

[silverleaf]

Well Merry Christmas to your whole loving family
or maybe “Happy Festivus” would be more appropriate.
Except you don’t wait until Festivus to air your grievances.

I still say - telling your father “every day” how worthless his federal career is? SHUT UP.

He probably decided 365 daily reminders ago to leave his money to the family dog.