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By: Even Lebron Doesn't Listen To President Obama | Financial Samurai

Even Lebron Doesn't Listen To President Obama | Financial Samurai — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:47:12 +0000

[...] on government programs, yet the government tells other people to practice financial austerity. Federal government employees are raking it in with recession proof jobs and rising wages. Lebron has lost faith in the President and his [...]

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» Life Isn’t Fair. Now Get Over It. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:07:38 +0000

[...] US government employees make more than the private sector [...]

By: admin

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:41:39 +0000

@Peter Shhh, let's keep the secret between you, me, and the gov't :)

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:58:20 +0000

It’s amazing to me how over the past year elected officials have been up in arms over executive salaries and “overcompensation” at financial companies when the biggest waste of money is really coming from the government. Overcompensated employees who have no real reason to work hard because of annual raises and increases (even in a bad economy when other sectors are laying off or decreasing wages), and it’s hard to have any real faith in our government. I’m all for people being paid what the market will allow, but so many of these government jobs are not necessary and are just part of government bloat.
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By: Taxing All Big Banks Is A Double Standard And Is Unconstitutional | Financial Samurai

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:06:07 +0000

[...] is 80% owned by the government. If the government punishes AIG, they are punishing themselves. Federal government employees are raking it in, and I’ve spent about one hour so far learning how be a $170,000 a year Department of [...]

By: admin

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:27:09 +0000

@ MasterPo – Wow, that’s nuts! If nobody ever gets fired, should more people seek to work FOR the government, since it’s so secure?

I’m really looking into being a DOT employee, after 10 more years in the private sector. $174,000/yr and 40hr work weeks, and total job security sounds good to me!

By: MasterPo

MasterPo — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:21:07 +0000

I worked 3 years at a government agency (out of necessity, not choice) as both labor then management.

Words like inefficiency, waste, mismanagement, even fraud don’t come anywhere close to what I saw happening on a daily basis!!

And worse – no one lost their job over it!

Even when someone was caught stealing cash from the safe (literally!) and admitted to it they STILL kept their job and pay!

By: Everything Is Rational - The Answer To All Things Irrational | Financial Samurai

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:08:43 +0000

[...] against the machine is in my nature. It annoys me to no end when I read about injustices such as government raises during our recent implosion. I once skipped a morning of work to demonstrate against an apparel [...]

By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:12:52 +0000

@neal@wealthpilgrim $3 bill in BACK taxes??? Is that possible? Got a link or anything? Is this being run by Tim Geithner? lol. @Don@MoneyReasons Next life? Never too old to live off the government!

By: neal@wealthpilgrim

neal@wealthpilgrim — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:47:25 +0000

Back taxes that is….
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By: neal@wealthpilgrim

neal@wealthpilgrim — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:41:44 +0000

How about this….I just heard that Fed Employees owe about $3 billion in taxes.

By: Don@MoneyReasons

Don@MoneyReasons — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:32:22 +0000

GRRRRR…

Yep, once you get in a public position like that, you’re there for life. I bet the DOT’s attrition rate is phenomenally low…

Oh well, maybe in my next life, I’ll get a job like that!
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By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:36:19 +0000

Valentina – Oh gosh, your public servant only made half a mil? How is he going to put food on the table??

By: Valentina

Valentina — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:20:20 +0000

Yes, me too! We just recently learned that one of our esteemed public servants (not the elected types – they make less) working for the provincial government was pulling in a cool mil! Justification? To be able to compete with the private sector & be able to attract talent to the public sector workforce!!! Evidently this rare bird started with a mere half mil but was being head hunted so ……….double up the pay to keep him!

Yup … get on the public payroll. You’re right.

best…………..valentina
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By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:47:01 +0000

Valentina – I sure would LOVE to earn 170 big smackers of “chump change” like the DOT employees due when I’m out of the private sector! That would rock!

Private sector? Nah. It’s all about public sector jobs for life!