[Libloather]

Things have gotten WAY out of hand. Time for a gubmint correction.

[SandRat]

RATS are vowing to oppose any future legislation that includes cuts in federal compensation.

Does that include active military and vets?

Knowing RATS I bet it doesn't.

[muawiyah]

Let's say we lay off half the federal workforce. That will make a huge cut in their total salaries, but make little change on a per employee basis.

No doubt there would be those hollering about that not having made any difference.

They'd also point to those additional laid off people, formerly federal workers, as more burden on the private sector ~ to wit, the cry of "See, more unemployed".

It's not a debate that can be won, so here's the solution. Privatize federal employment. Just sell it off through contracts.

[Jacquerie]

I watched the MD delegation defend high living off the government LIVE on C-Span. I was enraged at their arrogance, their air of superiority over the rest of America.

I'm not a schadenfreude kind of person, but at that moment I wished the government rich DC suburbs all the prosperity of Detroit.

[schu]

So I was in a meeting yesterday with Rob McKenna, AG and candidate for Gov in the state of WA. He said right now the State of Washington pays about $3B / year for medical coverage for state employees; this is about 10% of the total state budget. The cost is rising at about 10% / year, so in 7 years the cost will double.

This is of course unsustainable; you cannot have the state budget held hostage to cover the entire medical costs for a small part of the people. There are about 6.8M people in Washington State and about 100,000 full time and 54,000 part time state employees (122,000 FTEs).

http://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/10stwa.txt

This implies we (the tax payers) pay about $25,000 / year toward each state employee’s (and dependents) healthcare coverage.

So 1.8% of the population (in WA State) gets gold plated coverage and everyone else gets ObamaCare.

It just cannot be, how did this happen? Unless we get healthcare costs under control, insist state employees pay some portion of their premium/costs and insist on some free market reforms, all else is moot. Other federal medical insurance premiums are set to ruin us all, and time is quickly running out.

McKenna was quite impressive I would say, he really knew the issues.

schu

[FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs]

"..while the rest of the country gets a free pass"

Are the Democrats effing joking?!!!!!

[Doctor 2Brains]

I work for the G. This is my 2nd time around. If you count the Corps, it’s my 3rd stint. I swear by all that is holy, if the people knew about fed employees, they would (EVEN THE DEMOCRAT ONES) riot in the streets. I keep meaning to ask the mods to give me another identity here so I can post about my amazing experiences. See, I’ve accessed my account from work a few times, so, theoretically, my bosses can snoop me out. But if I get another account.... You’d be AMAZED!!!!!

[Clintonfatigued]

“The Democrats said a series of federal pay cuts – most recently as part of the payroll-tax package – pile the deficit-reduction burden on one group of Americans while the rest of the country gets A FREE PASS.”

FREE PASS???!!! Words mean nothing to them. Perhaps most of those people have never had a job in the private sector before.

[traditional1]

Let the Fed workers opt out of the SEIU, so they can avoid paying dues, then.

Pictured below are "the people getting a free pass", and they pay NO TAXES, but recieve REFUNDS and REBATES when EITC, etc. is used to fill their pockets (in exchange for their voting for Democrats to keep 'em comin')

[Greenpees]

...But they have no problem raising retired military medical premiums by nearly 100%

[samadams2000]

Whomever is keeping the list please make sure that clown hoyer is in the top 10.

[bimboeruption]

America is Reginald Denny and the Democrats are the L.A. Four.

[robowombat]

I have never understood the presumption that feds are donkey voters that politicians of both parties and most Freepers seem to take for granted. Something like 70% of feds work for DOD, Homeland Security and Justice. These are not agencies that harbor many social justice liberals. The overwhelming majority of feds I worked with for both Army and USAF were middle aged white males and they did were mostly in no sense liberals. The fed si-called unions mentioned here are joke organizations with no collective bargaining rights that matter in any way. The Dems don't want real unionization of the federal government anymore than the GOP. This is more inside the beltway theatrics.

[Mr. Jeeves]

"The Republicans have created a virtual piggybank containing your federal pay and your federal pensions – to be robbed at will," Norton charged. "We're here to say to Republicans, 'This piggybank is not yours.'"

Talk about living in an alternate reality. This woman, as Ayn Rand might put it, could not grow a seed of wheat to save her own life, yet she engages in one of the grand instances of projection yet seen on the American political stage - accusing the victims of a robbery of being the real robbers.

A genuinely independent media could make a lot of money mocking idiots like Norton. She exists only because she is protected by the MSM from the consequences of her foolish utterances.