People on the right want smaller government. People on the left bemoan high unemployment, economic inequality and the huge amounts of money made by corporate executives and Wall Street fat cats. I strongly urge consideration of a common sense way of greatly reducing the bloated cost of the federal government, probably opening up hundreds of thousands of jobs, and making Americans feel better about their government.

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[-] 1 points by kingearl (141) 13 years ago

Obamas' 2012 Re-election Finance Director is the son of BANK OF AMERICAS former CEO Charles K. Gifford.... the guy who got us in this mess!!! Keeping it all in the Family

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[-] 1 points by margaritac (45) 13 years ago

Is that really true? Holy crap...

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[-] 1 points by kingearl (141) 13 years ago

Check it out for yourself, John Rufus Gifford is his name and his Dad is Charles K Gifford

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[-] 1 points by margaritac (45) 13 years ago

Thanks. Disgusting, but not unexpected. The corruption is just so deep. On BOTH sides. Ugh...

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[-] 1 points by jasonetc (6) from Denver, CO 13 years ago

I agree with the premise of the article that government does a bad job of keeping positions competitive and addressing worker performance and productivity. Some of what could be construed as 'high' salaries might be attributed to the old Civil Service merit system of job protections and salary steps. However, I'd imagine many of these salaries probably relate to jobs that one would expect to merit high salaries: technology, skilled positions, upper management etc. The other half of this sword is that often government is well below private sector wages for comparable skilled positions. What this equates to is an inability of government to compete for the best and brightest. Coupled with the reticence to clean house of people not 'making the grade' you end up with a scenario where government is stale and inefficient and cannot attract the leadership and talent to do something about it. So the question is if we CAN agree on a role for goverment in performing certain functions in our society are we willing to pay for them to be performed by the most competent and strategically minded individuals? If the answer is yes then obviously it will carry a cost, but theoretically should be well worth it.