NPR made the point yestderday that pay for federal workers is "only" 4% of the federal budget. As if to say, 'what's the big deal?'
First of all, they didn't say how they arrived at those figures. But with so much other bloat in government, and so much money in "grants" constantly going out the door, I wouldn't be surprised if it were not much more than that.
But the amount of money isn't really the point, when it comes to federal workers with relatively high-paying jobs requiring such little work that all requirements can be met at home in a few hours a day.
"Well, then what is the point?" I can imagine the Democrats on here asking in confusion.
The point is that you have workers in the private sector and even in state and local government with real jobs - job type jobs - that require effort towards production, accuracy, quality, and showing up every single workday, and being looked askance when a day off is needed or sick time. They cannot have one bad day out of the week, and they cannot demand that they go to meetings over Zoom from poolside.
Those workers are often struggling to make ends meet, in part because of the federal taxes they pay that allow these Fed Emps their lucrative sinecures. Then, if they are veteran, or social security recipient or other American who must interact with these Fed Emps, they find them uncaring, unmotivated, and seemingly put out by being asked to do something.
That's why we had a thread about family members showing little sympathy to federal workers suddenly pushed off the gravy train.
