Bump to your post. (A “like” if you will)
You are 100% correct in everything you wrote. I know, I work in this area, deal with the horrible traffic and meet, on a regular basis, the types of people you describe.
A real swamp draining puts an end to retirement at 50 and pensions that can’t be touched unless you do something exceedingly horrible like molest a kid or something like that (and even then a lot of red tape to end the gravy train).
Probably will never happen though. The same folks in charge of keeping such activities honest are the ones who benefit from such gold encrusted deals. Trump is truly alone in the battle. I don’t even know if he’s mighty enough to stop it on his own.
It used to be gov’t workers were paid well under the industry averages, but they had a good retirement to look forward to. Now they are paid more than industry, work less, and have a much much much better retirement plan.
Thank you. Heck, fed employees don’t need to be anywhere near DC to share the goldbrick mindset.
The NICS/FBI center springs to mind. Also one IRS office (the infamous Cincinnati office that was blamed for Lois Lerner’s misdeeds) where they had a ‘walk at lunch’ health incentive. Well, they walked at lunch. And then they realized they didn’t need to walk so they sat and talked and ate. Some of them smoked while sitting (so much for health). They also realized that nobody would miss them if ‘lunch’ ran to 2, then 3 hrs so they stayed outside in good weather.
But God help you if you stood in front of the doors at 3:30 pm sharp when they all rushed out as if someone phoned in a bomb threat.