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Goverment insight is always a good thing, and once this is actually anonymous then fine. There seems to be a slant of "Look at this bloat etc" when in reality I
by bilekas 2y ago
Goverment insight is always a good thing, and once this is actually anonymous then fine. There seems to be a slant of "Look at this bloat etc" when in reality I don't think many people realize what it takes to run the largest most impactful government in the world.
$211.3B Total Wages with a GDP of 27.36 trillion USD ..
That's not a bad deal.
- matwood 2y agoIt's going to be hard to find much bloat in the federal workforce. The GSA pay scales are public, and they aren't exactly making anyone rich. The federal workforce has also remained in fairly steady range over the years while also becoming a smaller % of all US jobs over time. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-work-for-the-federal-government/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-work-for-the-f... When Musk starts cutting big money contractors including himself let me know. Otherwise this just performative grandstanding at the kids table.