from Eric Cantors website..
As part of his FY 2011 Budget submission President proposed raising federal civilian pay by 1.4% beginning in January of next year. This will be on top of the 2.0% raise federal civilian employees received this past January, the 3.9% raise they received the previous January, and the 3.5% raise they received the January before that. Freezing federal civilian pay at the current level for one year would save approximately $2 billion next year and $30 billion over ten years.
The Up-Or-Down Vote On This Cut
Each week, the public votes on one of five wasteful spending items, then the House votes on the item chosen by the people. You told Washington where you stood, here is how your Representatives in Washington stood.
VOTED NO TO CUT
Rep. Rick Boucher
Virginia - 9
Rep. Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly (D)
Virginia - 11
Rep. Jim Moran (D)
Virginia - 8
Rep. Tom Perriello (D)
Virginia - 5
Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D)
Virginia - 3
Rep. Frank Wolf (R)
Virginia - 10
Why did frank wolf vote against his party to give federal employees a raise????
VOTED YES TO CUT
Rep. Rick Boucher
Virginia - 9
Rep. Eric Cantor
Virginia - 7
Rep. J. Randy Forbes
Virginia - 4
Rep. Bob Goodlatte
Virginia - 6
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Virginia - 1
VIA GATEWAYPUNDIT..According to Cato Institute: In June 2009, total compensation per hour was $39.66 in the public sector, which was 45 percent greater than the average $27.42 per hour in the private sector. The public sector advantage in average wages was 34 percent, while the advantage in benefits was a huge 70 percent… Average compensation in the private sector was $59,909 in 2008, including $50,028 in wages and $9,881 in benefits. Average compensation in the public sector was $67,812, including $52,051 in wages and $15,761 in benefits.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
I've Had Enough of This Nonsense!
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Government Salaries Soar In Bad Times. “Hard times for folks outside of the federal establishment are also good times for Washington politicians with their never-ending thirst for finding new ways of grabbing tax dollars to benefit themselves, members of their families, present or former staff members, friends, or campaign donors. The $448 billion appropriations bill approved last week by the House contained more than 5,000 earmarks, many of which will ultimately benefit the favored few rather than the suffering many. It’s helpful to keep these realities about Washington bureaucrats and politicians in mind the next time one of them steps forward and proposes solving another crisis with billions more tax dollars.”
This recession has been such a boom time for the tax-supported bureaucracy that "federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months -- and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted." USA Today was especially struck by the fact that there was only one career federal worker making an annual salary of $170,000 or more at the U.S. Department of Transportation when the current recession began. Today, 18 months later, there are more than 1,600 career employees making that much at Transportation. We can only hope that none of those additional 1,600-plus high-paid workers was responsible for the $2 billion Cash for Clunkers debacle run by the Transportation Department.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
D.C. hands out $15M in bonuses despite recession, budget gaps
AND
Democrats plan to allow the government's debt to swell by nearly $2 trillionas part of a bill next week to pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The amount pretty much equals the total of a year-end spending spree by lawmakers and is big enough to ensure that Congress doesn't have to vote again on going further into debt until after the 2010 elections.
The Train Wreck of Federal Spending
A WTF Moment
U.S. To Pay $3.4 Billion to Settle Native American Suit
Now,Obama manages to top all this with a Big Dose of Hypocrisy!
Obama Slams 'Fat Cat' Bankers
Obama lashed out at Wall Street, calling bankers "fat cats" who don't get it, in an escalation of tensions with the industry
Government Salaries Soar In Bad Times. “Hard times for folks outside of the federal establishment are also good times for Washington politicians with their never-ending thirst for finding new ways of grabbing tax dollars to benefit themselves, members of their families, present or former staff members, friends, or campaign donors. The $448 billion appropriations bill approved last week by the House contained more than 5,000 earmarks, many of which will ultimately benefit the favored few rather than the suffering many. It’s helpful to keep these realities about Washington bureaucrats and politicians in mind the next time one of them steps forward and proposes solving another crisis with billions more tax dollars.”
This recession has been such a boom time for the tax-supported bureaucracy that "federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months -- and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted." USA Today was especially struck by the fact that there was only one career federal worker making an annual salary of $170,000 or more at the U.S. Department of Transportation when the current recession began. Today, 18 months later, there are more than 1,600 career employees making that much at Transportation. We can only hope that none of those additional 1,600-plus high-paid workers was responsible for the $2 billion Cash for Clunkers debacle run by the Transportation Department.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
D.C. hands out $15M in bonuses despite recession, budget gaps
AND
Democrats plan to allow the government's debt to swell by nearly $2 trillionas part of a bill next week to pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The amount pretty much equals the total of a year-end spending spree by lawmakers and is big enough to ensure that Congress doesn't have to vote again on going further into debt until after the 2010 elections.
The Train Wreck of Federal Spending
A WTF Moment
U.S. To Pay $3.4 Billion to Settle Native American Suit
Now,Obama manages to top all this with a Big Dose of Hypocrisy!
Obama Slams 'Fat Cat' Bankers
Obama lashed out at Wall Street, calling bankers "fat cats" who don't get it, in an escalation of tensions with the industry
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