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2014-04-16 Government

86M Full-Time Private-Sector Workers Sustain 148M Benefit Takers

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-04-16 12:25|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 and an unsustainable amount of monetary printing too.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-04-16 12:54|| 2014-04-16 12:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this a great country, or what?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-04-16 13:08|| 2014-04-16 13:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Not any more.

In a great deal of debt though.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-04-16 13:24|| 2014-04-16 13:24|| Front Page Top

#4 FORWARD to the Detroitification of America!

Posted by airandee 2014-04-16 15:26|| 2014-04-16 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 In addition to which the average public sector worker now makes MORE than the average private worker. Any society where this is the case is by definition an autocracy.

In 1960 the total percentage of nonmilitary public workers and grant/subsidy recipients was 5% of the work force. It is now 20%. Absolutely unsustainable. Fifty years ago out of every twenty people working, one worked for the government, two worked to sustain him, and the other seventeen paid taxes to fund road surfaces, textbooks, fighter planes, etc. now, four guys work for the government, but because they make more than private workers, it takes three per public functionary to maintain their magic paychecks. So that means twelve in addition to the four for a total of sixteen. Leaving only four guys' taxes to pay for road surfacing, textbooks, fighter planes, etc. It is mathematically impossible that this can work.

The unified theory on how to fix our problems? Deport every illegal alien by whatever means is required. Force employers to hire above the table. Let go half to two thirds of the public work force, and oblige them to choose between doing the jobs the illegals were doing or facing starvation.

They'll probably, in most cases, take a major hit to their income stream, but oh well. The country cannot afford them where they are, and if we don't get them out of public funding and into the dreaded private sector within a few more years there won't be an America. Too many people at EPA, HUD, OSHA, NMFS, etc., pulling down 60-200K for showing up at work late, reading the NYT until an 11:00AM meeting, having lunch, doing a little work after, and going home at 3:30PM. With no real metrics and no possibility of being fired and losing their magic income stream. And retire at 58 with a pension that is not justified by how much they actually put into the system. At best they produce nothing, at worst their activities include costly regulations that produce nor real benefit to society and make it harder for businesses to be profitable and create wealth and jobs.

Let them do a job in the private sector where they have real metrics, have real anxiety injected into their too-comfortable lives, and deal with the physical effects of hard work and psychological stress that come from that life. Maybe that would give them an understanding of what it takes to create real wealth. Maybe then they would vote on something other than which candidate would be most likely to keep the gravy train going.

The public work force has forgotten the first rule of successful parasites and it is time to remind them.

Posted by no mo uro 2014-04-16 16:02|| 2014-04-16 16:02|| Front Page Top

#6 You know nothing about the Federal Workforce. That is obvious from your rant. I wish it was half as much of a gravy train as you seem to believe it is.

No metrics and no chance of being fired? 200k a year? Show up late and read NYT until 11am? Retire at 58? What planet are you from?
I'm sorry, but you are completely retarded, you need to quit spewing bullshit about something you know nothing about.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2014-04-16 19:26|| 2014-04-16 19:26|| Front Page Top

#7 How much more can the 86,429,000 endure?

Another way to look at this, there are 100,000,000 working age workers who are out of work. Jobs. "Great Depression" yet?

Posted by Bubba Graiting8281 2014-04-16 20:35|| 2014-04-16 20:35|| Front Page Top

#8 We have 100,000,000 out of work and YET the demonrats still want to import MORE slaves, ie illegals. Tell me again that slavery was ended?

Posted by Silentbrick 2014-04-16 20:45|| 2014-04-16 20:45|| Front Page Top

#9 They never gave up on the plantation system. Just added some nuance to it. Just like Man Made Global Warming suddenly transitioned to Climate Change even though they still keep pushing the CO2 angle.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-04-16 21:28|| 2014-04-16 21:28|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm sorry, but you are completely retarded, you need to quit spewing bullshit about something you know nothing about.

Y'know, big-jim - this is probably the first time I agree with you.

And I wouldn't be sorry for correcting him.

Posted by Pappy 2014-04-16 21:32|| 2014-04-16 21:32|| Front Page Top

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