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To: Lurker

Lurker: “It used to be that the Army Engineers or the Navy Seabees did the building. Now there’s no job so small that it can’t be done by a G-14 Federal employee with a pension.”

Do you mean GS-14? Those are few and far between. So you’d rather have active duty military do it all? Do you realize they have better health care and retirement benefits than federal civilian employees? A military retiree pays about $450 per year for TriCare, and I believe they get something like 50% of their base pay after 20 years. A federal employee has to pay for their own (partially subsidized) health care, and gets 1% of pay per year served.


48 posted on 12/21/2010 7:47:58 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Coming soon! DADT...for Christians.)
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To: CitizenUSA
Those are few and far between.

Not nearly few or far enough for my liking.

So you’d rather have active duty military do it all?

You really don't get it. The point is that there are WAY TOO DAMN MANY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES! Other than the Dept. of Defense we don't need you. We don't want you. And we're TIRED AS HELL of paying for you.

You mentioned 'enumerated powers'. I asked you if you could name them. Can you?

59 posted on 12/21/2010 8:11:07 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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