[grobdriver]

Color me surprised!

[vbmoneyspender]

If we pay federal bureaucrats more, will they promise to do even less?

I'd consider that to be a great bargain.

[mountainlion]

Most of the GS15 employees of the government a are in DC (district of criminals). His is a high pay grade and is sort of the welfare system for the high ranking.

[theBuckwheat]

The essential question is not how hard they work, but WHAT DO THEY PRODUCE THAT ADDS VALUE to the economy! Indeed, for all the damage the hard working rule writers do at the EPA, we would be far better off if they were total SLACKERS and watched YouTube videos all day.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What we really need to measure is the number of deaths that result from the bureaucratic regulations these federal bureaucrats enforce as a result of lost economic growth and jobs.

[The Great RJ]

Also consider that government employees are non productive in the economy. That is they do not produce any goods or services sold in the market, do not create any new businesses or jobs and rely on taxation to support their salaries which reduces disposable income from those who are producing in the economy. Granted some public sector workers are needed to provide essential services like public safety, but buildings full of bureaucrats simply shuffling their paperwork is a drain on the economy and reduces GDP.

The whole idea that government spending stimulates the economy because of some economic multiplier is pure Keynesian economic BS. The multiplier is calculated based on the marginal propensity to consume, but if disposable income is reduced as a result of taxation consumption must be less not more so the multiplier is at best an illusion.

[NRA1995]

In other news, the sun rose in the east and set in the west yesterday and studies show that bears sh*t in the woods.

[Terry L Smith]

I could have told you that! I WAS ONE!!!
Now, too, that “da unions” are involved in the yearly evaluations of the personnel by their supervisors, you really think that the word ‘productivity’, or the word ‘longevity’ is the key word? Do you really think that the public service employee is more interested in finishing their ‘30 years’ first, or actually doing some ‘work’, first?

It is a bloated system, that has been hijacked by affirmative actions, nepotism, and just plain corruption.

[Vaduz]

Government employees = Fat City

[4Liberty]