FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SALARIES! WTF?!?!?

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The Entrenched Federal Government Worker

One of the tricks of politicians is to entrench government employees so they will vote for, at the very least, the status quo.

If you happen to work for the Federal government, the status quo is pretty darn comfortable.

Consider this...

In 2005, the number of Federal government workers making more than $150k/year was 7,420

Today, that number is 82,034

In 2005, the number of Federal government workers making more than $160k/year was 2,852

Today, that number is 44,898

In 2005, the number of Federal government workers making more than $170k/year was 1,322

Today, that number is 27,845

In 2005, the number of Federal government workers making more than $180k/year was 805

Today that number is a mind boggling 16,912
That's roughly 159,300 more workers now vs 2005.

If they all were paid $150,000 the cost would be $23,895,000,000.

That's 23 billion 895 million dollars.
The cost is actually more.

If you ever wondered why government employees fight tooth and nail against any kind of austerity, the answer lies within the figures above.

In order for a government employee to vote for a spending cut, it means they will be voting against their families self interest.

Government bureaucrats know this.Why do you think the proposed pay freeze by the President last December wasn't really a freeze at all
but rather a temporary moratorium on cost of living adjustments?

It does not stop the (almost automatic) step increases from continually adding to their salaries.

But then again, why would you need COLA when you are making $180k a year with great benefits
and no chance of being fired.

You can expect these numbers to go up again this year because entrenched government employees
equates to votes for entrenched tax and spend politicians.

The figures above came from an analysis by USA Today from data from the Office of Personnel Management (or OPM).

In business the acronym OPM means other people's money which is fitting because it's not their money, it's the taxpayers' money!

This is one of the ways the people in elected positions help to keep themselves in power, If you owe your job to them you will vote for them, the kicker is, they are paid for by you,, the taxpayer.