{"id":1433,"date":"2009-12-12T21:44:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2009-12-12T21:44:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T21:44:49","slug":"where_the_jobs_are_being_creat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"Where The Jobs Are Being Created And The Salaries Are Going Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Foster at National Review Online<\/a> posted an article yesterday about the rising salaries of government workers at a time when Congress is trying to limit salaries and bonuses in the private sector.  <\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

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“…there are fully 383,000 federal workers earning six-figure salaries and 22,000 earning salaries of over $170,000. And these numbers don’t even include the $41,000 in non-salary benefits the average federal employee receives each year.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The article further states that:<\/p>\n

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“The number of civil servants making $100,000 or more has jumped over 46 percent since the start of the recession.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The most dramatic increase in pay were in the Transportation Department and the Defense Department.  <\/p>\n

According to Mr. Foster:<\/p>\n

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“Across the board, the salary bonanza has pushed the average federal worker’s pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Washington, D. C., received 10 times the amount of stimulus money per person as any other area of the country.   The current unemployment rate in Washington, D. C. is 6.2 per cent.  Most states have unemployment rates in double digits.<\/p>\n

The biggest mistake we ever made as a country was airconditioning Congress.  Without air conditioning, we would be able to send Congress home during the summer and limit the amount of damage they could do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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