Posted on 10/20/2014 8:15:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Thousands of federal workers who have been put on administrative leave for more than a month have been allowed to collect a paycheck, accrue vacation days and pensions benefits while taxpayers were forced to foot the $775 million bill, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Some government employees who broke the rules—meaning they were cited for being untrustworthy or had ongoing issues with co-workers or their bosses—were allowed to remain on leave for large chunks of time while they challenged their demotions, the 62-page report said.
The study, released publicly on Monday, marks the first time auditors have taken a look at the scope of administrative leave and its cost to taxpayers. …
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Elections have consequences. Two of them.
ditto....elections...and wasted votes....but nobody listens....
It’s easier than fighting with them to just let them get paid for nothing, and it’s NOT their money anyway. Taxpayers aren’t there to raise Hell, so crap like this happens without any oversight.
Get rid of all the departments, and their bureaucracies. They’re unconstitutional, and unnecessary except to keep Leftist’s employed for Democrat votes. That’s all it’s about. Votes for Democrats.
Forced is the right word.
Regrettably a lot more than two of them.
Thank God me and Edna stayed at home and would not vote for McCain or Romney.
We sure showed them suckers.
You could save money and force them back into work, then have SWAT go in just after they’ve rampaged. Pay the idiots.
Are you a Reagan Democrat?
No, a sarcastic person dealing with Obame because many conservatives stayed home to prove a point. Like Romney or McCain or not, they would have been 100% better than Obama.
Prove what point?
I take it that the vast majority of conservatives did hold their nose in both 2008 and 2012. It was the Reagan Democrats that were the ones that stayed home.
No, Conservatives stayed home, Liberals cheated and we lost.
I don’t think conservatives stayed home despite what a lot of them say. I do agree that liberals cheated, and big-time; of course, the kumbaya libs and radical Marxists never realize that they lose too.
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