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the same people that didn't want government jobs now don't want anyone else to have one.
Government jobs are open to anyone but some don't want to deal with the low pay, lack of advancement opportunities, never ending bureaucracy, working 18 hour shifts during hurricane season and other natural disasters while all the "private sector" employees are home snug in their bed.
The people who begrudge public employees even the smallest perk are the same people who'd be screaming bloody murder the minute their trash didn't get picked up on time.
Government jobs are open to anyone but some don't want to deal with the low pay, lack of advancement opportunities, never ending bureaucracy, working 18 hour shifts during hurricane season and other natural disasters while all the "private sector" employees are home snug in their bed.
The people who begrudge public employees even the smallest perk are the same people who'd be screaming bloody murder the minute their trash didn't get picked up on time.
And they should. Govt takes a monopoly for those services and leaves people without alternatives.
So what? You want some real numbers???
I make 138350.00 year. I plan to retire in 7 yrs maybe 8... I'll be 65/66. 30+ yrs I've been paying into PERA. I also have a 457B with 1-1 match up to 9500.00 and a 401 A. Also an HSa and a HSCP with over 100k in it (my vacation money gets dumped into there. WITH my SS I'll probably pull down 66k a yr after I retire.
As mentioned by other posters, all you have to do is get a job working for a Municipal utility... We screaming for Lineman and Powerplant Operators and NERC certified System Operators.....
lets see...I graduated high school and was in the Navy for 11 yrs...That's it. I have 8 guys reporting directly to me. 3 went to school for Electrician/low voltage controls the rest graduated high school maybe took some college courses.... 4 of us are Vets. 2 army /2 navy. BTW none of us are in a Union.
I pay $400/month for health insurance (BCBS) and $140/month for dental (GEHA) to cover family of 3 under federal employee program. I also pay $400/month for my retirement and 10% into TSP.
After all the deductions my net pay is 1/2 of gross pay
Where do get get this "free" benefits for federal employee?
they may be talking about FEHB where our healthcare premiums are subsidized by 72%. Regardless, the federal government offered employment to job seekers with certain defined benefits. They need to honor that agreement to retirees. When I retired, between no longer paying 8 percent into my retirement (CSRS) and no longer maxing out my TSP each year, my government pension check was $1000 more a month than my paycheck.
OP Here: my head is affixed precisely where yours is, but aside from the personal insult...what numbers are you questioning? If its the annual federal worker's...
Here are the Federal compensation #'s as of 2016, 4 years ago, so I bumped them up $1,840 to include pay increasees over the last 4 years, and I feel that was extremely conservative. Even if pay increased just 1%/yr, it would be over $130,000 in 2020. I went low on my adjustment...way low.
And they should. Govt takes a monopoly for those services and leaves people without alternatives.
You have alternatives-you can move out to the boonies and haul your own garbage and put out your own fires. Or you can find some utopian city where you can just call a plumber when the sewage plant goes down or the potable water ceases to flow. Good luck on your quest.
Ok. So you want to privatized trash/waste mangament services?
What if i am poor and i cant afford my trash to take out? Can i dump my trash on the street?
And you just answered why it is not privatized in many places, because that is exactly what happens.
Where I lived before, rural area, it was private, and quite a few people I guess did not pay because it was a constant issue of people dumping their trash.
And they should. Govt takes a monopoly for those services and leaves people without alternatives.
I believe most cities actually contract out waste collection services to private firms and re-bid those services every few years.
If we were to leave waste collection to the preference of each customer, then we will see different trash trucks from different companies driving around, as well as a few "free riders" who don't want to pay anything and dump stuff on the street.
I am in support of choices and privatization in many areas, but sewer, water, and waste collection belong in the government realm.
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