federal gummint pays higher wages than private industry

[achilles28]

The US is bankrupt and will collapse in 4< years.

Public pensions are invested in equities and bonds, and depending if Bernacke does Zimbabwe or 1929, those pensions will get redeemed in toilet paper or 10 cents on the dollar.

Of course, the private sector will take it just as bad.

 

[BSAM]

Quote from 15rms:

This bothers me. The Federal Government has developed its own upper class. Built totally on the backs of the working Americans. They have more paid holidays, better benefits and much better retirement. While we working Joes are working nights and holidays they are home comfortable knowing in 20 years they can retire with half pay. They are not concerned about doing a good job or a good work ethic. Basically they are locked in no matter how bad they are. All supported by the civilian class of Americans. If we don’t put an end to this system of unequal rights it will surely destroy the American dream.

Yep. You 'bout got the puzzle completed. Now, get off the internet and get your ass back to work you American slave!!!

 

[krazykarl]

Quote from zdreg:

it should bother you. government workers by definition divert resources from productive uses and make society less efficient and poorer. also the government is almost never an innovator and rarely brings about progress.

This shouldn't be the roll of the govt. Invention in supposed to be done by people in their garages, not by the govt. I just don't know if this is a long-term trend or just an ebb in the cycle.

 

[zdreg]

it should bother you. government workers by definition divert resources from productive uses and make society less efficient and poorer. also the government is almost never an innovator and rarely brings about progress. zdreg



This shouldn't be the roll of the govt. Invention in supposed to be done by people in their garages, not by the govt. I just don't know if this is a long-term trend or just an ebb in the cycle.
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it should have read the government almost never spurs innovation.

 

[TGregg]

Quote from olias:

we seriously need less 'government'. way less. More government= less freedom. Land of the governed

But it's not what we want, "we" meaning voters. For a generation, the voters have consistently voted for more government, more handouts, more spending and more debt. That's why both parties are about more government, because if one of them switched to smaller government then we'd be a one party system . And now everybody expects the federal government to solve every stinkin' problem they have. A storm blows through the Midwest, and everybody demands aid from the feds. Bees start to die and the beekeepers scream for government aid. College gets expensive, jobs dry up, crabgrass takes over your lawn and everybody expects DC to solve the problem.

As if that wasn't bad enough, we even expect DC to spend money solving Other People's Problems. From payday lenders to smoke filled bars, we push our way into their business and tell them WTF to do. They didn't ask for help, don't want any help, but we know better than they what is good for them and we're gonna stick it to `em.

There's no turning this train (wreck) around. We're heading straight for more government, more regulation, more debt, more handouts and more, more more! And most of the voters are cheering us on! Woo hoo!

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from Gubinec:

Which govt jobs are available for a 20 year old day-trader with 30 college credits?

Off the top of my head, I would look for a position as an attendant in a parking garage or a park ranger at some forgotten landmark, something where you're left unsupervised and bored.

Fer chrissakles man, I post 24/7 and I'm on the job 24/7 and I don't have any college credits that I can think of.

 

[achilles28]

Quote from TGregg:



There's no turning this train (wreck) around. We're heading straight for more government, more regulation, more debt, more handouts and more, more more! And most of the voters are cheering us on! Woo hoo!

Better add more guns and ammo to that list

 

[Moneyball]

Quote from krazykarl:

heh - just wait until his pension fund is bankrupt. he won't be laughing then....

Sure he will, when they raise our taxes to pay for their unfunded pension liabilities....

 

[BSAM]

Quote from TGregg:

But it's not what we want, "we" meaning voters. For a generation, the voters have consistently voted for more government, more handouts, more spending and more debt. That's why both parties are about more government, because if one of them switched to smaller government then we'd be a one party system . And now everybody expects the federal government to solve every stinkin' problem they have. A storm blows through the Midwest, and everybody demands aid from the feds. Bees start to die and the beekeepers scream for government aid. College gets expensive, jobs dry up, crabgrass takes over your lawn and everybody expects DC to solve the problem.

As if that wasn't bad enough, we even expect DC to spend money solving Other People's Problems. From payday lenders to smoke filled bars, we push our way into their business and tell them WTF to do. They didn't ask for help, don't want any help, but we know better than they what is good for them and we're gonna stick it to `em.

There's no turning this train (wreck) around. We're heading straight for more government, more regulation, more debt, more handouts and more, more more! And most of the voters are cheering us on! Woo hoo!

I think the government should do something about posts like this.