Michele Bachmann Slams Dems For Voting to Give Government Employees $30 Billion 10 Year Raise (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, May 29, 2010, 12:56 PM
It’s the worst recession since the Great Depression– Everyone must sacrifice. Everyone must have some skin in the game.
…Unless, of course, you’re a government employee.
Democrats voted yesterday in favor of a 1.4 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees proposed by the Obama administration.
Via BrietbartTV:
The Hill reported: The House voted 227-183 to table a motion to recommit a defense authorization bill to kill a 1.4 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees proposed by the Obama administration. The cuts were picked under the GOP’s “YouCut” initiative, and was offered by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). Republicans said the cuts would have saved $30 billion over 10 years.
For the record… According to Cato Institute: In June 2009, total compensation per hour was $39.66 in the public sector, which was 45 percent greater than the average $27.42 per hour in the private sector. The public sector advantage in average wages was 34 percent, while the advantage in benefits was a huge 70 percent… Average compensation in the private sector was $59,909 in 2008, including $50,028 in wages and $9,881 in benefits. Average compensation in the public sector was $67,812, including $52,051 in wages and $15,761 in benefits.
Public sector workers have a substantial pay advantage over private sector workers. (Cato)
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neomom commented:
I love that woman. What don’t you libs understand. There it is for all to see. Local, State and federal Gov,. should be cut by 50%. Then we can start to rebuild what is our great nation.
Mike commented:
Greece is the word . . is the word . .
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Robert commented:
Of course they can pass that bill,
and we still have no action on J-O-B-S.
In January it was “jobs, jobs, jobs”
Five months later, and still nothing.
gus commented:
Libtards believe goverment jobs spur on the economy.
They are really that stupid.
More government jobs and higher paying government jobs, means more taxes and less private sector growth.
If we all had government jobs, who would pay for them?
Why do you think I call them LIBTARDS?
Jennifer commented:
This can’t be sustained. It will all come crashing down. Only problem is, as I have said before, the folks who depend on a gov’t paycheck do not and will not care where the money comes from as long as their checks keep coming. The Greeks don’t care that they are being bailed out by the rest of Europe. They just care that their checks keep coming. They’re worse than junkies. The Obama doctrine is to turn as many Americans as possible into junkies, so that Democrats will always be voted back into office. Have you ever tried talking sense to a junkie? They’ll always go back to their supplier.
jonyjoe101 commented:
when the government can print all the money it wants, it can pay itself whatever it wants.
The civilians cannot print their on money so they will always be at a disadvantage. That is why even if the taxpayers go on strike and stop paying taxes, the government employees will still get payed. those who have control of the printing press control the world. The government is no longer under the control of the people, it is self sustaining and answers to no one.
The Caffeine Talking commented:
The outrageous over compensation of govt workers is one aspect – the other is the outrageous lack of productivity and over-staffing . In short, the public gets fleeced in 3 dimensions and every private sector taxpayer should be in revolt over this.
Of course, its all brought to you by the party of institutionalized corruption and big government, the democrats.
Mark Steyn has a piece on the stupidity of big government:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/27/were-too-broke-to-be-this-stupid/print/
“…[t]he green jobs, the gay parades, the jihadist welfare queens, the Greek public sector unions, all have to be paid for by a shrinking base of contributing workers whose children and grandchildren will lead poorer and meaner lives because of the fecklessness of government. The social compact of the postwar era cannot hold. Across the developed world, a beleaguered middle class is beginning to understand that it’s no longer that rich. At some point, it will look at the sheer waste of government spending, the other shoe will drop, and it will decide that it no longer wishes to be that stupid.”
squeaky commented:
“the folks who depend on a gov’t paycheck do not and will not care where the money comes from as long as their checks keep coming..” a
major disconnect from reality. a lot of folks in general preach one thing but when it comes to them they feel there’s a special dispensation that they are entitled too. they painted themselves into a corner with bigger and better.
MikeMainello commented:
Though the government employees receive raises, social security and military retirees have gone 2 straight years without a COLA.
At least some of us are helping the government save money.
Pro-Lifer commented:
No COLA (Cost Of Living Allowance) for disabled vets and seniors living on social security…
MikeMainello commented:
Not just disabled vets, all military retirees.
bg commented:
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Who is the largest holder of America’s debt?
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bg commented:
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It Has Always Been The Soldier
It is the soldier,
not the President who gives us democracy.
It is the soldier,
not the Congress who takes care of us.
It is the soldier,
not the Reporter who has given us Freedom of Press.
It is the soldier,
not the Poet who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier,
not the campus [community] Organizer who
has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag;
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
that allows the protester to burn the flag.
~ Father Dennis O’Brien, US Marine Corp. Chaplain
God Bless America!
God Bless Soldiers everywhere for putting THEIR
lives on the line to protect us ALL from terrorism!
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antilbr commented:
I love this woman the real michelle my belle….not the one with the junk in the trunk……