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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public workers have it good. A strong union, very little chance of job loss, great benefits. Private sector cant find jobs let alone a pay freeze yet Fedsworkers won't be asked to sacrifice like the rest of the economy. What hypocrisy. [/quote]

Not a Fed employee and I am not only in favor of a continued pay freeze, I think many govt. agencies could indiscriminately cut every third employee and the job could still be done.  It seems to me, from DCUM, that women, in particular, only want to work for the Feds because they are "family friendkly" and they can take off whenever they feel like it, "work from home" while they run errands.  The pay freeze should continue until unemployment is under 5% and the economy is rolling.[/quote]

Do you get that one of the reasons that unemployment is so GD high right now is BECAUSE government isn't hiring?  Private industry is doing relatively fine right now - it's gov't payrolls that are dragging down the averages.  See http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm (oh - and that's the bureau of labor statistics - another federal worker probably provided that info).  Employment everywhere is trending up - EXCEPT government which is still trending down - and has been since 2008.   Do you realize "fedsworker" jobs includes military?  R&D NIH researchers finding the next cure for everything and anything?  Do you realize that if all the fed workers eligible  for retirement actually retired the brain drain would be staggering?  http://federaldaily.com/blogs/gov-careers/2011/12/retirement-is-it-time-to-run-for-the-hills.aspx[/quote]

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