Hope Isn't Hiring

[TheGreatGatsby]

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[waltky]

Big gov't. continuing to get bigger...

What hiring freeze? Federal government continues to post job openings
March 23, 2013 While hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire.

In one week alone this month, nearly 2,200 job listings available to the public were posted on USAJobs.gov, the federal government's recruiting site. Add in new postings open only to current or former federal workers, including those laid off, and the number of new openings jumps to more than 4,600. "One thing for sure about hiring freezes: They always begin to melt as soon as they are put into place," said Don Kettl, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy at College Park. "Does anyone want to land at a major airport that doesn't have an air traffic controller?"

The Office of Management and Budget advised agencies late last month to increase their scrutiny of new hiring in light of a possible sequester -- $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts from March to the end of September. Now that the sequester appears here to stay, some agencies plan to furlough workers one day a week starting next month. That's the equivalent of a 20 percent pay cut over the half year. Critics say the posting of thousands of new jobs this month is proof that agencies have ignored the OMB and continue with unnecessary spending. But some employment experts say it's not that simple, and agencies have valid reasons to post jobs that may -- or may not -- be filled.

One critic is Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, who launched a crusade against what he sees as nonessential hiring during the sequester. Coburn compiled a list of recent job openings that were posted during the sequester or in the days leading up to it. Among them: a counsel for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation with a salary up to $155,000; a director for the Air Force History and Museums Policies and Programs with pay up to $165,300; law librarians at the Justice Department with salaries reaching $115,742; a Department of Labor assistant to answer phones at a top salary of $81,204; four public affairs specialists with salaries of up to $116,000; as well as several positions for painters for the Air Force and 23 recreation aides. "I have no question that some of these can be helpful," Coburn told his colleagues this month. "But they are not necessary at this time until we get past this pothole in the road."

He added that if the Federal Aviation Administration postponed hiring four community planners and assistants, the savings could spare 1,000 air traffic controllers from furlough. But for every opening for an assistant or recreational aide, there are dozens of others listed that many taxpayers might deem worthwhile. The Veterans Administration wants to hire doctors and nurses for its medical centers. The Department of Homeland Security seeks cybersecurity specialists just as allegations surface that China has been hacking into U.S. computers. And the Department of the Army posted openings for sexual-assault coordinators and victim advocates as service members testified before Congress that sexual assaults are epidemic in the military yet routinely ignored by superiors.

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[OKTexas]

Big gov't. continuing to get bigger...

What hiring freeze? Federal government continues to post job openings
March 23, 2013 While hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire.

In one week alone this month, nearly 2,200 job listings available to the public were posted on USAJobs.gov, the federal government's recruiting site. Add in new postings open only to current or former federal workers, including those laid off, and the number of new openings jumps to more than 4,600. "One thing for sure about hiring freezes: They always begin to melt as soon as they are put into place," said Don Kettl, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy at College Park. "Does anyone want to land at a major airport that doesn't have an air traffic controller?"

The Office of Management and Budget advised agencies late last month to increase their scrutiny of new hiring in light of a possible sequester -- $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts from March to the end of September. Now that the sequester appears here to stay, some agencies plan to furlough workers one day a week starting next month. That's the equivalent of a 20 percent pay cut over the half year. Critics say the posting of thousands of new jobs this month is proof that agencies have ignored the OMB and continue with unnecessary spending. But some employment experts say it's not that simple, and agencies have valid reasons to post jobs that may -- or may not -- be filled.

One critic is Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, who launched a crusade against what he sees as nonessential hiring during the sequester. Coburn compiled a list of recent job openings that were posted during the sequester or in the days leading up to it. Among them: a counsel for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation with a salary up to $155,000; a director for the Air Force History and Museums Policies and Programs with pay up to $165,300; law librarians at the Justice Department with salaries reaching $115,742; a Department of Labor assistant to answer phones at a top salary of $81,204; four public affairs specialists with salaries of up to $116,000; as well as several positions for painters for the Air Force and 23 recreation aides. "I have no question that some of these can be helpful," Coburn told his colleagues this month. "But they are not necessary at this time until we get past this pothole in the road."

He added that if the Federal Aviation Administration postponed hiring four community planners and assistants, the savings could spare 1,000 air traffic controllers from furlough. But for every opening for an assistant or recreational aide, there are dozens of others listed that many taxpayers might deem worthwhile. The Veterans Administration wants to hire doctors and nurses for its medical centers. The Department of Homeland Security seeks cybersecurity specialists just as allegations surface that China has been hacking into U.S. computers. And the Department of the Army posted openings for sexual-assault coordinators and victim advocates as service members testified before Congress that sexual assaults are epidemic in the military yet routinely ignored by superiors.

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Why the hell is the government running a freaking scholarship foundation?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Big gov't. continuing to get bigger...

What hiring freeze? Federal government continues to post job openings
March 23, 2013 While hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire.

In one week alone this month, nearly 2,200 job listings available to the public were posted on USAJobs.gov, the federal government's recruiting site. Add in new postings open only to current or former federal workers, including those laid off, and the number of new openings jumps to more than 4,600. "One thing for sure about hiring freezes: They always begin to melt as soon as they are put into place," said Don Kettl, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy at College Park. "Does anyone want to land at a major airport that doesn't have an air traffic controller?"

The Office of Management and Budget advised agencies late last month to increase their scrutiny of new hiring in light of a possible sequester -- $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts from March to the end of September. Now that the sequester appears here to stay, some agencies plan to furlough workers one day a week starting next month. That's the equivalent of a 20 percent pay cut over the half year. Critics say the posting of thousands of new jobs this month is proof that agencies have ignored the OMB and continue with unnecessary spending. But some employment experts say it's not that simple, and agencies have valid reasons to post jobs that may -- or may not -- be filled.

One critic is Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, who launched a crusade against what he sees as nonessential hiring during the sequester. Coburn compiled a list of recent job openings that were posted during the sequester or in the days leading up to it. Among them: a counsel for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation with a salary up to $155,000; a director for the Air Force History and Museums Policies and Programs with pay up to $165,300; law librarians at the Justice Department with salaries reaching $115,742; a Department of Labor assistant to answer phones at a top salary of $81,204; four public affairs specialists with salaries of up to $116,000; as well as several positions for painters for the Air Force and 23 recreation aides. "I have no question that some of these can be helpful," Coburn told his colleagues this month. "But they are not necessary at this time until we get past this pothole in the road."

He added that if the Federal Aviation Administration postponed hiring four community planners and assistants, the savings could spare 1,000 air traffic controllers from furlough. But for every opening for an assistant or recreational aide, there are dozens of others listed that many taxpayers might deem worthwhile. The Veterans Administration wants to hire doctors and nurses for its medical centers. The Department of Homeland Security seeks cybersecurity specialists just as allegations surface that China has been hacking into U.S. computers. And the Department of the Army posted openings for sexual-assault coordinators and victim advocates as service members testified before Congress that sexual assaults are epidemic in the military yet routinely ignored by superiors.

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Why the hell is the government running a freaking scholarship foundation?

Cos government is in the business of picking the winners and the losers now. Or as Romney states, they pick the losers. Cos let's face it; it'll be another humongous failure.

 

[Londoner]

Capital will not increase labor until there is demand.

You cannot create demand through austerity.

This country has had strong demand twice.

1) The postwar years. Demand was fueled by high wages, generous benefits, a federal reserve which used fiscal stimulus to maintain full employment rather than fighting inflation, entitlements freed up middle class dollars for consumption.

2) The Reagan Revolution, which fueled demand by the unprecedented expansion of household debt. As the wages of hardworking families went down (to give capital higher profits), Americans assumed more and more debt to stay afloat.

FYI: #2 worked for 20 years until the debt overhang in the middle class was unsustainable - and then the collapse of the Bush Housing Bubble and the Bush Meltdown basically destroyed what was left of middle class demand.

Now, we are trying to reflate that demand through austerity. This will be seen as one of the greatest fiscal mistakes in history.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Capital will not increase labor until there is demand.

You cannot create demand through austerity.

This country has had strong demand twice.

1) The postwar years. Demand was fueled by high wages, generous benefits, a federal reserve which used fiscal stimulus to maintain full employment rather than fighting inflation, entitlements freed up middle class dollars for consumption.

2) The Reagan Revolution, which fueled demand by the unprecedented expansion of household debt. As the wages of hardworking families went down (to give capital higher profits), Americans assumed more and more debt to stay afloat.

FYI: #2 worked for 20 years until the debt overhang in the middle class was unsustainable - and then the collapse of the Bush Housing Bubble and the Bush Meltdown basically destroyed what was left of middle class demand.

Now, we are trying to reflate that demand through austerity. This will be seen as one of the greatest fiscal mistakes in history.

Take an economics class and learn what waste really is. Learn about markets and what truly constitutes supply and demand. Then go back and read your post and remind yourself how idiotic you once were. That or continue to be a useful idiot. I'm sure you'll choose the latter.

 

[waltky]

OKTexas wrote: Why the hell is the government running a freaking scholarship foundation?

Educational infrastructure is our only hope...

... of being able to continue to compete...

... in today's world.

Londoner wrote: This country has had strong demand twice.

1) The postwar years. Demand was fueled by...

... the fact that with American plants and industry the only one left standing, the world of necessity had to beat a path to our door...

... this gave us a pseudo-prosperity that would not have taken place ordinarily, which 'spoiled' us into thinking would last forever.

2) The Reagan Revolution, which fueled demand by the unprecedented expansion of...

... gov't debt trying to outspend the Soviet Union on defense at a time when we had financial problems of our own with the savings and loan scandal...

... which we never fully recovered from and planted the seed for our current financial debacle...

... sort of a smaller version of the sub-prime scandal, both based in housing and real estate.

 

[auditor0007]

Capital will not increase labor until there is demand.

You cannot create demand through austerity.

This country has had strong demand twice.

1) The postwar years. Demand was fueled by high wages, generous benefits, a federal reserve which used fiscal stimulus to maintain full employment rather than fighting inflation, entitlements freed up middle class dollars for consumption.

2) The Reagan Revolution, which fueled demand by the unprecedented expansion of household debt. As the wages of hardworking families went down (to give capital higher profits), Americans assumed more and more debt to stay afloat.

FYI: #2 worked for 20 years until the debt overhang in the middle class was unsustainable - and then the collapse of the Bush Housing Bubble and the Bush Meltdown basically destroyed what was left of middle class demand.

Now, we are trying to reflate that demand through austerity. This will be seen as one of the greatest fiscal mistakes in history.

Take an economics class and learn what waste really is. Learn about markets and what truly constitutes supply and demand. Then go back and read your post and remind yourself how idiotic you once were. That or continue to be a useful idiot. I'm sure you'll choose the latter.

Go back and look at what Reagan did. He more than doubled the size of the government in eight years. Government spending under Reagan increased by 68% from fiscal year 1981 to 1989. So far, Obama has increased spending 2% from fiscal year 2009 to projected spending for fiscal year 2013.

Those numbers are based on indisputable figures and they are facts.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Capital will not increase labor until there is demand.

You cannot create demand through austerity.

This country has had strong demand twice.

1) The postwar years. Demand was fueled by high wages, generous benefits, a federal reserve which used fiscal stimulus to maintain full employment rather than fighting inflation, entitlements freed up middle class dollars for consumption.

2) The Reagan Revolution, which fueled demand by the unprecedented expansion of household debt. As the wages of hardworking families went down (to give capital higher profits), Americans assumed more and more debt to stay afloat.

FYI: #2 worked for 20 years until the debt overhang in the middle class was unsustainable - and then the collapse of the Bush Housing Bubble and the Bush Meltdown basically destroyed what was left of middle class demand.

Now, we are trying to reflate that demand through austerity. This will be seen as one of the greatest fiscal mistakes in history.

Take an economics class and learn what waste really is. Learn about markets and what truly constitutes supply and demand. Then go back and read your post and remind yourself how idiotic you once were. That or continue to be a useful idiot. I'm sure you'll choose the latter.

Go back and look at what Reagan did. He more than doubled the size of the government in eight years. Government spending under Reagan increased by 68% from fiscal year 1981 to 1989. So far, Obama has increased spending 2% from fiscal year 2009 to projected spending for fiscal year 2013.

Those numbers are based on indisputable figures and they are facts.

That's some completely untruthful 'dissent' from a well known liar. I could totally expose this lie. Perhaps [MENTION=6847]Foxfyre[/MENTION] may want to. I personally don't want to spin my wheels b/c you have no interest in truth.