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'Pervasive Army' Of Gov't Lawyers Hits 25,000 Strong, Costs Staggering $26.2 Billion
2016-04-28
A "pervasive army" of more than 25,000 federal lawyers have raked in $26.2 billion from U.S. taxpayers since 2007, according to a new report by the non-profit government watchdog Open The Books.

"Today's federal government is protected by a pervasive army of attorneys," Open The Books founder and the report's author Adam Andrzejewski told The Daily Caller News Foundation. "At a force size of 25,000, that's bigger than a conventional combat division."
Nearly 2 divisions, depending on the makeup of the unit
Open The Books also found:

  • In 2014, the top federal lawyer salary was $266,469.
  • Salaries paid to more than 50 attorneys on the federal payroll topped $250,000 since 2007.
  • Since 2007, 19 bonuses exceeded $50,000. The top bonus was $83,900 and the second largest was $62,895.
  • If the attorneys working for the federal government formed a nation-state, it would rank 158th in global GDP, with $3.3 billion in annual spending. That's more than combined GDPs of vacation paradises St. Lucia, the British Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

    "The lawyers aren't the problem per se," the report said. "They simply serve at the pleasure of entrenched politicians and bureaucrats. Federal spending on attorneys both reflects and perpetuates the size, scope, expanse and inertia of today's federal government."
    Little wonder that the lawyer special interest groups donate more to politicians than any other group.
    • Posted by:DarthVader

    #1  Nearly every one of them a Democrat
    Posted by: Glusock Omomock3107   2016-04-28 18:56  

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