[TheForge] nuclear

[Rob Fertner]

"Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers
in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal
data finds"
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm



-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andy Gladish
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:53 PM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] nuclear

Andy, I totally get your frustration, and I think you're looking at the
symptoms and not at the disease: Agreed, the government has the ability to
delay projects that would be beneficial, but when you Follow Da Money
there's almost always a private (I guess publicly held companies can be
called "private") entity behind it.
With the exception of the top tier of elected officials, earnings for
Federal employees are in almost every case below what private industry would
pay- where's the incentive for all the hostile action you attribute to them?
The "mental illness" argument is the same one that anti-gun people are using
to discredit gun owners, and it's equally untrue in this case. There are
some tweaky folks in every group, but mostly people get up in the morning
and do their best.
I totally agree that Congress is corrupt and a liability- the reason is that
they're controlled by conflicting private entities.
Here's the first principle of understanding this stuff- Follow Da Money.
The only people making bank from your taxes are the private entities that
benefit from controlling society.


--
Andy Gladish, Element Fe Metal Studio
Blacksmithing and Blades

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Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human
life. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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