Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bueuracratic wealth? When was the last time you looked at the usg pay scale. The money is the lobbiests.
Considerably better than average income of $51,000
Anonymous wrote:There is a reason they are called flyover states - nobody wants to live there.
And, attitudes like this are what cost Hillary the election......
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:With 7 of the 12 richest counties in the US surrounding DC, Trump should work on decentralizing this vulgar concentration of bureaucrat wealth by moving federal agencies to the middle of the country. Example: Dept. of Education to Betsy Devos's hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. That alone would lock up Michigan as a red state in 2020.
The agencies can slash bloat and wages in the process (lower cost of living in flyover country), it would be a boom for non-coastal economies, and policies would likely better reflect real America versus insulated coastal elite outlook.
There is a reason they are called flyover states - nobody wants to live there.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, you know most federal jobs are already outside Washington DC, right?
This. I hate to burst OP's bubble with facts but 14% of federal employees work in the entire DC region, 86% are around the world. There are nearly as many civilians in Texas or California as there are in DC. DOD civilians and VA staff account for over half of all civil servants, they are working on bases and in VA hospitals around the country and world. What remains in DC is mostly headquarters, which makes sense for any large organization to be co-located.
Anonymous wrote:Bueuracratic wealth? When was the last time you looked at the usg pay scale. The money is the lobbiests.
There is a reason they are called flyover states - nobody wants to live there.
Anonymous wrote:With 7 of the 12 richest counties in the US surrounding DC, Trump should work on decentralizing this vulgar concentration of bureaucrat wealth by moving federal agencies to the middle of the country. Example: Dept. of Education to Betsy Devos's hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. That alone would lock up Michigan as a red state in 2020.
The agencies can slash bloat and wages in the process (lower cost of living in flyover country), it would be a boom for non-coastal economies, and policies would likely better reflect real America versus insulated coastal elite outlook.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And you wonder why HRC lost Michigan. All those dumb fuck UofM grads. And MSU may not be Ivy, but it graduates some smart people. Chicago and Northwestern are 150 miles away.
God you people are assholes. And oblivious to that fact.
And, it does happen that quite a few of those people who went to the almighty Ivy actually came from the middle.
I'm one of them. But it's still a really stupid idea to move the fed agencies out. Transactions costs on it are huge, you would lose your best employees because we are the ones who would have no trouble finding jobs that allow us to stay where our families are rooted and our spouses are employed. It's nothing but spiteful stupidity.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And you wonder why HRC lost Michigan. All those dumb fuck UofM grads. And MSU may not be Ivy, but it graduates some smart people. Chicago and Northwestern are 150 miles away.
God you people are assholes. And oblivious to that fact.
And, it does happen that quite a few of those people who went to the almighty Ivy actually came from the middle.
I'm one of them. But it's still a really stupid idea to move the fed agencies out. Transactions costs on it are huge, you would lose your best employees because we are the ones who would have no trouble finding jobs that allow us to stay where our families are rooted and our spouses are employed. It's nothing but spiteful stupidity.
Agreed. The smartest and best would just find something else to do rather than live on fly over country (many of us fled to D.C. From those shitholes after college). There would not be enough educated or experienced people outside the area to effectively run the government.
Keep in mind. They almost bankrupted the auto industry and made it the rust belt because of their inability to adapt and change to the market needs. Sounds like another kind worse kind of swamp to me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A better question would be why the people in Michigan, etc. feel they are "entitled" to Federal jobs. The D.C. area has an educated workforce. Federal careers aren't a welfare program. Any attempt to redistribute our Fed agencies should be called out as a redistribution of wealth.
The federal "swamp" built this. This place was a dump 25 years ago. Now it's just vulgar compared to the rest of the country. 7 of the richest dozen counties! No wonder all the agencies are out of touch and useless.
If Michigan became part of Canada know one would care.
Anonymous wrote:With 7 of the 12 richest counties in the US surrounding DC, Trump should work on decentralizing this vulgar concentration of bureaucrat wealth by moving federal agencies to the middle of the country. Example: Dept. of Education to Betsy Devos's hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. That alone would lock up Michigan as a red state in 2020.
The agencies can slash bloat and wages in the process (lower cost of living in flyover country), it would be a boom for non-coastal economies, and policies would likely better reflect real America versus insulated coastal elite outlook.
Anonymous wrote:And you wonder why HRC lost Michigan. All those dumb fuck UofM grads. And MSU may not be Ivy, but it graduates some smart people. Chicago and Northwestern are 150 miles away.
God you people are assholes. And oblivious to that fact.
And, it does happen that quite a few of those people who went to the almighty Ivy actually came from the middle.