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re: Illinois has over 63,000 Government Employees making over $100k
Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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No government employee outside the military/defense sector should be making any more than 1.5 times the national average take home income.
I saw a list one time of the top paid federal employees and it seems like half of the top ten were TVA guys.
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Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:54 pm to Pelican fan99
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Why the hell do they even need 60k government employees...
That's just the ones making over 100K
Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:56 pm to NCJeaux
quote:It's okay as long as you keep it in the family...
Nepotism is not always a good thing....
Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:56 pm to RebelExpress38
You could cut at least 25% of these jobs and the public wouldn't even notice. They have a lot of parisites among us.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:56 pm to geauxbrown
quote:The maps and data I've seen say otherwise. The Chicagoland area tilts the state blue, but most of the state is red.quote:Not close, not even the smaller ones.
The overwhelming majority of these towns and counties are red, aren't they
Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:It is.
Louisiana probably one of the highest....
Posted on 8/6/17 at 11:31 pm to Korkstand
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The maps and data I've seen say otherwise. The Chicagoland area tilts the state blue, but most of the state is red.
Chicago is 3/4s of the state population so I would wager 3/4s of these employees are there,probably higher there than population %
edit to add - probably a lot of long tenured cops and firemen from Chicago and the suburbs
This post was edited on 8/6/17 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 8/6/17 at 11:32 pm to RebelExpress38
This is the face of the future of the USA. At some future point, I predict that working for the US Federal Government will be one of the best and most sought after jobs in the country. Stable, high paying, great benefits and one of the very few jobs with a pension. Private sector jobs are going to be choked out to some extent by Govt but the US FedGov will never stop growing larger.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 11:48 pm to gthog61
quote:Possibly true, though the map shows these 6 figure employees statewide. Looks to be at least one in every county.
Chicago is 3/4s of the state population so I would wager 3/4s of these employees are there
Posted on 8/6/17 at 11:56 pm to Korkstand
A large number of those people are probably public school teachers and admins. I had two good friends who taught at New Trier HS and Maine East HS 10 years ago and they both made just over $100K in salaries. They both had taught about 25-28 years each at that point. The funny things is that, even with those high teaching salaries, neither could afford to live in the school districts in which they taught.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:01 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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No government employee outside the military/defense sector should be making any more than 1.5 times the national average take home income.
Eh.... I disagree. A city manager is equivalent to a plant manager. I believe they are typically responsible for all city services and employees. Police, fire, utilities, streets, etc would all be managed by them. Seems like the average family salary is $50K, I don't think $75K would buy you very much.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:07 am to GeorgeWest
quote:Good call. A quick perusal of the map shows that this is probably the case.
A large number of those people are probably public school teachers and admins.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:13 am to RebelExpress38
As if we needed anymore proof that Illinois is the most corrupt state.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:15 am to Champagne
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working for the US Federal Government will be one of the best and most sought after jobs in the country.
You're not wrong. Its also very difficult to get fired from a federal job.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:34 am to RebelExpress38
No need to guess where the sanctuary city grants go.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:43 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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No government employee outside the military/defense sector should be making any more than 1.5 times the national average take home income
This is quite unwise.
Look. It might make sense of the government wasn't what it is. But, you want to pay people managing budgets in the hundreds of millions about $75k per year?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:50 am to RebelExpress38
This is insane.
On a slightly diffenert topic. We know that Russia recently booted out 700 plus U.S. ambassadors and kept 400 plus.
Why do we need over 1,100 U.S. ambassadors in any country, how much are they being paid, and what exactly do they do?'
On a slightly diffenert topic. We know that Russia recently booted out 700 plus U.S. ambassadors and kept 400 plus.
Why do we need over 1,100 U.S. ambassadors in any country, how much are they being paid, and what exactly do they do?'
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:04 am to RebelExpress38
quote:And they wonder why they're broke.
Illinois has over 63,000 Government Employees making over $100k
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:05 am to Korkstand
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Dems really love big and expensive government
quote:They sure vote funny.
The overwhelming majority of these towns and counties are red, aren't they?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:17 am to Devil_doge
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You're not wrong. Its also very difficult to get fired from a federal job.
Don't forget the part about how you and your spouse get your full pay and benefits as your pension after 30 years of service to FedGov. The pension benefit will become almost totally absent from private sector jobs at a future point that's within our lifetimes.
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