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To: Poundstone; Bloody Sam Roberts
As a career federal employee, I would note (as the article does) that a prime reason so many federal salaries are above 100K is that the federal government hires many more people with advanced degrees and skills than is found in national workforce at large

In addition, if you could tell me Mr. Federal Government Employee, with all these thousands of highly skilled, government employees with their advanced degrees, how is it possible that you people have totally screwed up this government, and our entire economy not to mention our borders and trade policies?

How in the f*** is this possible?

If you could be specific?

29 posted on 12/11/2009 11:10:12 AM PST by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

“In addition, if you could tell me Mr. Federal Government Employee, with all these thousands of highly skilled, government employees with their advanced degrees, how is it possible that you people have totally screwed up this government, and our entire economy not to mention our borders and trade policies?”

I think your ire is more correctly focused on elected officials and political appointees, not the career civil service. We provide options for the “politicals” and manage programs, but the folks who take government in one direction or another (and I gather you’re not happy with some of those directions) are led by elected officials. By the way, you might be surprised that the work of the vast majority of civil servants doesn’t change much with the election of one party or another. The business of government is a necessary function, as both parties agree.


46 posted on 12/11/2009 12:30:19 PM PST by Poundstone
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