Sunday, December 13, 2009

what recession?

file this under the government just not getting it...again.

according to a usa today analysis of federal salary data from december 2007 until june 2008:

** federal employees making greater than $100,000 increased from 14% to 19% - before overtime and bonuses are counted

** the defense department made out the best with pay increases. eighteen months ago, 1868 employees made $150,000+. now 10,100 earn that amount!

** the treasury department used to have one solo person making $170,000+, now there are 1690

** this growth in salaries pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206 compared with the private sector's $40,331

apparently this is an area where bipartisanship actually works as these pay raises are due to new salary rules and pay raises put into place by both president bush and president obama.

while the rest of america is struggling with cutting back personal and corporate budgets and unemployment hovering around 10%, the federal government just keeps taking more for itself.

everyone should be outraged.

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