Saturday At The Movies! Government Employees Are Doing Fine Edition.

Government employees make approximately double the salary for comparable work performed in the private sector. Combine that, with the fact that once hired, these jobs are never down sized, eliminated, and no matter what the level of incompetence, malfeasance, or even the nuisance value leveled towards their employers, which is you and me, will these people ever lose their jobs. Governments create nothing, and every penny spent is forcibly removed from the populace that is governed. I am not a fan of class warfare, but if I were, the rich would not be my target, bureaucrats would.

Michelle Malkin discusses the strong line up of mostly non white male prime time speakers at the RNC this year, and uses that to highlight the ridiculous assertion of the alphabet media that conservatism is synonymous with bigotry. The lens of reality is crystal clear on this point, The Republicans have always shown the actual propensity to both elect people in the pet groups of Democrats and to appoint them to positions of actual consequence. The track record of Democrats on this point has always been empty lip service combined with never ending promise of greater portions of the public largess.

While we're on the subject of race and race relations, why not listen to the smartest economist alive today and his thoughts on the subject. Former head of the Economics Departments at both UCLA and Stanford, currently a Senior Fellow with the Hoover Institution, Sowell's work has always demonstrated the ability to translate itself into the very plain spoken language that even those without a working knowledge of economics are capable of understanding completely. Even more stark to the current discussions on race, equality, and social justice, is the fact that this conversation took place during a time when William F. Buckley was not only still alive, but had his long since canceled weekly television show airing on PBS.

Cross Posted from Musings of a Mad Conservative.

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Comment by Sandra on September 2, 2012 at 7:52pm: I once took a temporary job for a Federal agency as a secretary. While I was warned that I might lose my job to a reduction in force, (rif), I took the position and loved it. Three months later my boss informed me that they had tried twice to keep me, but since I was temporary, I was out of a job. All temporary personnel lost their jobs and I had eight days to find another job, with no retention rights. I was fortunate to find a job quickly, as I had a lot of experience. So you see, Federal employees CAN lose their jobs, too, through no fault of their own. I am also retired, with no COLA for two years, so far. I am proud of the service that I performed for my country and grateful for the benefits that I earned.

Comment by Bruce G Walker on September 1, 2012 at 9:23pm: @John Wiseman,

I have been retired less than three years and since my retirement, our POTUS has frozen all federal COLA's. I also know that at the facility I worked at, engineers come in making $50-60K to start and might make six figures after several years . I have a sister-in-law who graduated in the late nineties as a chemical engineer and went to work in the private sector after graduating and made six figures right off the bat.

Comment by Billy Bowlegs on September 1, 2012 at 9:11pm: If we do not get control in two months, all hell will break loose. This bozo is going to try a Hitler on US>

Comment by Barry Gabrielson on September 1, 2012 at 4:31pm: Brother Ron is spot on again. We the People need to take over Government, not the other way around.

Comment by Ronald Sorrells on September 1, 2012 at 3:58pm: Diane:

Barry is right ! There is plenty of "Taxpayer's Money" in Washington, DC (Centralized HOG TROUGH) and in The 50 State Capitols (DeCentralized HOG TROUGHS) throughout the United States of America ! ALL of the "Chiefs" of this "Governmental Mess" (Federal, State, County, City) watch graft and corruption and some participate in it...at all levels....AND DO NOTHING BUT WHINE ABOUT "We Do Not Have Enough Money for schools, roads, military, healthcare (MEDICAID FRAUD IN EVERY STATE IN THIS UNION) !

That....is where the problem lies..."EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING" !

Semper Fidelis,

Ron

Comment by Barry Gabrielson on September 1, 2012 at 3:10pm: When I hear people upset that there is not enough money for this service or that service, I tell them that there is plenty of money. Then they ask me. I tell them that the government wastes the money, then blames the taxpayers. I tell then stop blaming the taxpayer, put the blame where it belongs, an incompetent and out of control government. I telll them ways to save money so that they can get their services. I tell them to contact their Congressperson and demand that they control Government cost so that they can get their services. They say 'Its too much trouble". So Diane, this is America. As you long someone elses does something, they are happy. If they have to do something, it becomes a major problem. Thats America (Military is the exception) today, im too busy, let someone else do it. That is the wrong answer.

Comment by Diane Sicca on September 1, 2012 at 2:44pm: I'm in the same situation. I am 68 and still working full time. Oh and by the way I travel 42 miles (in NY) to work. I spend 3 hours a day in my car. I wish I had the answers. We need to somehow make Washington understand they need to stop the spending and get Americans back to work. I may be labled stupid but I think we have the resources to get back on track in a short time. I go back to my original post and say we need to trust someone and this time around it's Romney and Ryan.There are too many Americans out there who do not want this country to fail. It's like the natural resource scam. We finally know we can someday get rid of oil dependency and tell OPEC to get lost.

Comment by Barry Gabrielson on September 1, 2012 at 2:26pm: Diane: Here is CalUnionforna, we are bankrupted. Politicians bribe Unions in free pensions and perks on the backs of taxpayer. Unions spend their money on Democrats, get them elected, get benefits, then send benefits back to progressives to screw the taxpayer. Now was have 500 billions in unfunded liabilities that cant be paid by taxpayers. So now what? Yes, raise taxes to fund more free pensions of government workers. I dont have a pension, free perks so I resent this. I dont work to pay for government pensions. That is not my job or anyones job. If Government workers want pensions, let them pay for them. Not out of my work. Yet, I work so government workers get to retire early, while I work till I die. I respent this, so do many others. Government wages and overhead are out of control, yet nothing is done. Well, the answer is more taxes, so i get to work another 5 more years to allow government workers a great retirement. Hell no, Im not going to that this no more!

Comment by Diane Sicca on September 1, 2012 at 2:19pm: Bruce I certainly don't lump all gov't workers together. It's like when someone talks about teacher unions. We are not blaming the teachers. We are blaming the union heads. I also don't want anyone losing their pensions. I do believe however going forward they need to be reformed. None of the problems we face are an easy fix, nor are they unfixable.

Comment by John Wiseman on September 1, 2012 at 2:17pm: @Bruce Walker,

The operative statement in your comment is retired, as in you used to be a Federal Employee. The skyrocketing of wages paid to government employees is a very recent thing. Years ago, as recent as the 90's, government employees were paid a wage which was less than those paid in the private sector, and the trade off for that group of workers was the knowledge that their jobs were much more secure. I would posit that skyrocketing government wages is a symptom of the last 10 to 15 years.