middleagedgamer
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The US National debt is at an all-time high, as is the federal deficit. However, did it ever occur to anyone in Congress that a good solution to the problem might not be to get rid of several portions of government spending altogether (like food stamps, cash for clunkers, etc.), but, rather, be more frugal on the programs we already have in place?
Take, for example, the payroll in the federal beuracracy. These people are doing such specialized work, almost like an assembly line in difficulty, that any sixteen-year-old high school dropout could do any job in te beuracracy with minimal training and effort. So, what do these beuracratic people make for their easy work? Minimum wage? Minimum benefits (no benefits other than the kind required by law, like workers' comp and unemployment insurance)? Nay nay. They get paid $18-25 an hour, with family health, 401k, and even vision and dental, and if you don't believe me on how hansomely they get paid, take a look at this listing that I pulled off of usajobs.gov, where I searched for management, administration, clerical, and office services.
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A unit secretary (a minimum wage calibur job) gets over $40,000 a year. HELLO?! A while ago, I had a job that had a similar description (it was clerical work, basically), and my duties were much more diverse than that of a beuracracy employee (mostly due to a lack of beuracracy), yet I only made eight dollars an hour, and I didn't even get vision and dental.
Also, let's not forget their ridiculous spending on inanimate objects, like paying a hundred bucks for a screwdriver. Honestly, what's the logic behind that? Is most of that hundred bucks going somewhere besides the screwdriver itself? If so, then, speficially, WHERE is it going?
If you want to reduce the deficit, why don't you try fixing these two problems, and THEN talk about cutting programs entirely! Pay these entry-level, high-school-dropout calibur jobs what they're actually worth, and start paying the same price for equipment that common people do. You can get a screwdriver for 99 cents, so why are you paying a hundred bucks for it? Buy things that cost what they're worth, whether labor or equipment, and the deficit will go down like you wouldn't believe.
Take, for example, the payroll in the federal beuracracy. These people are doing such specialized work, almost like an assembly line in difficulty, that any sixteen-year-old high school dropout could do any job in te beuracracy with minimal training and effort. So, what do these beuracratic people make for their easy work? Minimum wage? Minimum benefits (no benefits other than the kind required by law, like workers' comp and unemployment insurance)? Nay nay. They get paid $18-25 an hour, with family health, 401k, and even vision and dental, and if you don't believe me on how hansomely they get paid, take a look at this listing that I pulled off of usajobs.gov, where I searched for management, administration, clerical, and office services.
USAJOBS - Search Jobs
A unit secretary (a minimum wage calibur job) gets over $40,000 a year. HELLO?! A while ago, I had a job that had a similar description (it was clerical work, basically), and my duties were much more diverse than that of a beuracracy employee (mostly due to a lack of beuracracy), yet I only made eight dollars an hour, and I didn't even get vision and dental.
Also, let's not forget their ridiculous spending on inanimate objects, like paying a hundred bucks for a screwdriver. Honestly, what's the logic behind that? Is most of that hundred bucks going somewhere besides the screwdriver itself? If so, then, speficially, WHERE is it going?
If you want to reduce the deficit, why don't you try fixing these two problems, and THEN talk about cutting programs entirely! Pay these entry-level, high-school-dropout calibur jobs what they're actually worth, and start paying the same price for equipment that common people do. You can get a screwdriver for 99 cents, so why are you paying a hundred bucks for it? Buy things that cost what they're worth, whether labor or equipment, and the deficit will go down like you wouldn't believe.