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| It's Time to Stop Paying Government Salaries |
| 2020-04-26 |
| BLUF: [Red State] Anecdotally I’ve noticed that the people who keep insisting on extended lockdowns are the people who are still getting paid. And you know which huge group is still getting paid? Government employees. I don’t know if there is something about being one of the lucky people to still have a paycheck that makes one grossly incurious, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of empathy coming from the people in government right now. If you have a friend with a government job ask them if they think the economy should reopen or we need to quarantine through the summer. I’m willing to bet the majority will say we need to stay quarantined. My own governor Gavin Newsom has been on television every day looking concerned and somber and telling us we may need to get used to this new normal. Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti is saying Angelinos cannot look forward to any kind of large gatherings until at least 2021. The entertainment capital of the world can’t have a sporting event until 2021? That’s half of Los Angeles’ economy right there. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Gummint operatives and magic number pushers are satisfied nobody is seeing just how useless they are. Someone is in for a surprise... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-26 09:07 |
| #8 Notice when we have a budget fight/impasse in Congress and they furlough non-essential government employees, after its all over they get back pay for sitting at home and not working (not to be confused with those who during normal times do minimal or no work). Maybe if there was real pain, their empathy meter might rise. Nah, never mind. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-26 07:40 |
| #7 I'm giving serious thought to finding a way to fuck up this week's real estate tax payment (it's done through escrow), then write a scathing Rantburg-worthy letter to the jackoff mayor telling him exactly why. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-04-26 06:56 |
| #6 Ref #4: Purely a hypothetical; my non-gov't dentist (who must pay office rent, insurance, and utilities) sees 19 patients per day and makes $141,000 per year. Should he expect to make the same $141,000 per year seeing only two patients per day ? Not to be unkind, but if the answer is 'yes' perhaps my dentist does not actually have a job, but rather a unique position of entitlement. What say you ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-26 06:27 |
| #5 Now, AA5839, you're overreacting - just because some people don't realize that Economy is not just independent farmers & small businesses, doesn't mean they're bad people. Just incapable of coping with the lockdown (I'm trying not to be mean).😎 p.s. Lets abolish the, nonprofitable, US military. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 06:06 |
| #4 You're absolutely right! I mean why should anyone who's like me (I help keep aircraft from running into each other) be paid for still working? Seriously, all you menial people don't deserve a paycheck. Oh, by the way, the writer is using POLITICIANS as examples, let me clue you in (whispers) they're not government employees. [disdain off] |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-04-26 05:48 |
| #3 Quarantine will be over in 2-4 weeks, last in big cities. Politicians will go overboard stating that it was their idea all along. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-04-26 01:07 |
| #2 Anecdotally I’ve noticed that the people who keep insisting on extended lockdowns are the people who are still getting paid. But of course. Government hacks. Public university and school system hacks. And media hacks whose companies are taking in ad dollars thanks to the panic and hysteria they've fomented with their garbage non-reporting, lies and bullshit. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 00:49 |
| #1 Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti is saying Angelinos cannot look forward to any kind of large gatherings until at least 2021. Or when Trump loses the election, whichever comes first! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-04-26 00:36 |