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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts) Sun Sep 23, 2012, 12:20 AM Sep 2012

GOP/romney says government workers overpaid 30-40% on average. [View all]

The Republican Party platform has some kind words for federal employees but that praise is outweighed by long-standing GOP criticisms of the size and compensation of the federal workforce and by intentions to shift work to the private sector...

Presidential nominee Mitt Romney argues that federal employees are overcompensated by 30 percent to 40 percent on average, reflecting the conclusions of a study by the conservative Heritage Foundation...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/gop-targets-size-cost-of-federal-workforce/2012/08/28/2344deb4-f144-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_blog.html

so if you make $70K, you're really only worth $42-47K, and if you make $40, you're really only worth $24-$27K.

FYI.

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GOP/romney says government workers overpaid 30-40% on average. [View all] HiPointDem Sep 2012 OP

Romney is undertaxed 30-40% Zambero Sep 2012 #1

And he is overpaid... Lasher Sep 2012 #3

+1 nt Live and Learn Sep 2012 #18

These people make it easy to hate them. JRLeft Sep 2012 #2

Makes sense. Knock down government wages to justify JFN1 Sep 2012 #4

Exactly! nt Live and Learn Sep 2012 #19

I think he decided he doesn't really want to be president Speck Tater Sep 2012 #5

i've said it from the beginning: professionals don't run a campaign this lousy without it being HiPointDem Sep 2012 #7

Fuck you, Romney. porphyrian Sep 2012 #6

I guess that's a joke? Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #8

so much for his claim to increase take home pay N/T nycbiscuit Sep 2012 #9

I guess the military falls under government worker too... Historic NY Sep 2012 #10

CEOs are overpaid about 400x and under taxed 40%. Initech Sep 2012 #11

Wherever you see "Heritage Foundation", read the Koch brothers bhikkhu Sep 2012 #12

the kochs aren't the only funders though, or even necessarily the biggest. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #15

0. GOP/romney says government workers overpaid 30-40% on average. Bassettman Sep 2012 #13

Heritage Foundation "scholars" are overpaid by right wing billionaires Jack Rabbit Sep 2012 #14

Romney is wrong. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #16

Gosh, so are community health service doctors paid more than private practice docs? riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #17

Sorry Mittwit, the public workers meme is getting old. Live and Learn Sep 2012 #20

Republicans hate working people. B Calm Sep 2012 #21

I'm a federal employee Victor_c3 Sep 2012 #22

It's the other way around. mattclearing Sep 2012 #23

Agreed louis c Sep 2012 #24

yup, beat me to it. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #25

$174,000 per year is how much our elected officials in Washington make justiceischeap Sep 2012 #26

There goes Virginia n2doc Sep 2012 #27

Why isn't this an ad in every swing state? RagAss Sep 2012 #28

Okay, let's look jmowreader Sep 2012 #29

+1. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #30

And here's what Heritage relies on: does their data suppoer their conclusions? JHB Sep 2012 #31

I have never seen an election where the GOP consistently tries to make their tent smaller. modem77 Sep 2012 #32

The Heritage Foundation? Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #33