Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 11/13/2010 7:06:48 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike
You do, I hope, understand the meaning of fungibility ~ as in "money is fungible".
The government spends money all over the place ~ in fact, our government, like every other government on Earth, prints money (or coins it).
Accepting money for goods and services does not turn you into anyone's employee.
Remember, not too long ago cars out of Loudoun bore the “Don’t Fairfax Loudoun” bumper stickers? Well, they have been Fairfax’d and now out-Fairfax Fairfax! (but it’s an even worse commute, so they can take #1, I’ll stay in Fairfax)
No matter what they've done to the place I still consider Loudon County "out in the country" ~ you mean they commute in from there? (/s)
For a number of years, I’ve done an informal survey of which areas of the nation have suffered the most and the least in terms of personal bankruptcies. The counties surrounding DC have routinely done much better than almost any other area.
It’s really not surprising as that’s where most of the $$$ from the rest of the nation winds up.
And isn’t that what this last election was all about?
Yep it sure does. I lived there for years. Got to be more then half the people work for the fed, state or local government. I don’t know when it changed but, when I worked for the federal government it didn’t pay to well. Most people wanted a gov. job because of security and the benefits. Now it’s for the pay. I can’t believe what someone close to me makes. She’s been with the gov. for about 30 years. She’s works in travel, basically a travel agent, for one of the gov. agency’s. Her salary is over $90,000 a year.
The real world doesn't ration program dollars as much as maximize profits or go out of business. Inside-the-beltway types aren't captains of industry as much as spenders of the public debt.
I live in the WDC area. I noticed no one on this thread is thanking you, the taxpayer. Thanks for sending your dollars here so we can live like kings and smugly deride the rest of America as unwashed, flyover heathens. That said: get to work, pay your taxes and shut up. Happy days are here again!
Now, what happened to make some rather humdrum seeming jobs end up paying so well?
Well, there's this issue of security clearance ~ if not your own, your boss'. That's going to demand a "confidential" rating at a minimum, and that's pretty much the minimum. Without that you aren't going to have ANY job in that particular organizational element.
So what will keep you from getting cleared for "confidential" (this is not "secret" or "top secret", or "crypto" or "cosmic" or ......... just "confidential").
Well, you could be an immigrant ~ legal or otherwise. You could have speeding tickets. Maybe you have serious debts with the wrong people. Enough misdemeanor convictions will do you in, and certainly a felony is going to keep you out of that organization.
You can pick up all those violations that keep you out of a "confidential" clearance by DOING DOPE, and not even major dope, but just prescription abuse!
If we can believe NORMAL, half the people in this country ~ maybe more ~ have done drugs at some time in their life (and we are talking about "illegally done drugs"!
These federal headquarters organizations in DC are rather toney places and they have plenty of people around who recognize dopers.
Your chance of slipping into a federal job at an agency headquarters in the DC area where you can USE AT HOME is slim. Maybe you can get in. You can get fired even easier 'cause these guys KNOW.
True enough narcotics use has grown in the United States over the years but federal employment standards have grown stricter over the same period of time, and although your private company may have access to 180,000,000 workers (not counting children), the government has access to maybe less than half that ~ and counting in education requirements, age (to carry guns for example), and physical condition (FBI agents and USPS letter carriers have to be able to walk), the qualified pool of workers shrinks substantially.
For many federal jobs in the DC area there are so few qualified workers willing to come here that the salaries have ratcheted up.
You folks who think you can par-tay all the time have created this problem. I doubt you will be able to solve it without developing better morals, some self-discipline, and voting Republican on a consistent basis.
Outskirts of Silver Spring.
Had a business in Olney in the 80’s.
I did work for DoD once — held a clearance too. One woman there said she did dope and admitted to it, but still got her clearance. A guy I knew in college admitted to it and that was the end of the interview.
Back in 1990, I noticed that there were two attorneys (at least members of the DC bar) for every individual under the poverty level in DC.
It's too dangerous and they know it better than most.
No doubt the overpaid millionaires working for the Washington Redskins helped Loudoun County edge Fairfax County in this competition. Now if they can only beat the Eagles ... again.
Yeah, one problem with this article. IT IS WRONG. Prince William County, Virginia has a median household income of $89,785, which is higher than both #10 and #9, Charles and Calvert counties, Maryland. That would place it as #9, just behind Somerset County, NJ. It would be nice if the MSM did some fact checking next time. It isn’t that hard.
I’m sorry, but you really have no clue what you are talking about. I am a contractor for the Federal Government. I have a BS in Bus. Admin, MS in IT Project Management, certified Professional Project Manager (PMP), and a few other professional certifications.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that the vast majority of GS13s and above are extremely proficient hard working every day folks. The number of degrees per program would rival if not surpass those of outside industry. And the level of responsibility running 100 million dollar programs relative to what they are making is WELL below industry standards. A 6K (+-) figure is NOT unreasonable. In fact, they are paid well below contractors for the most part ESPECIALLY with the outrageous cost of living in the DC metro area.
Lets stay focused on the top 1% policy makers that screw everything up.
If you don’t believe me, go onto Federaljobs.com and look at how many positions require PHDs and are only paying mid 60s.
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