Poll: Majority of Americans Support Cutting Size of Government Workforce

We agree with the outcome of this survey 100% and why we have been trying to call attention to what is happening at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins, GA, where they are going gangbusters to hire engineers, etc. who they plan to utimately replace the 67 businesses currently working in Automatic Test Sytems today. These new hires will be used to do manufacturing in-house like a contractor except with their overinflated salaries and benefits of civil service.

These new Civil Service hires are also going to be used to replace test equipment that doesn't need replaced in order to establish the Robins Empire for Automatic Test Systems to the tune of well over a billion of taxpayer dollars that will be wasted before it is said and done. How can an organization inside the Air Force be a contractor? Who gave them the contract and who will oversea their work? Pretty good if you can get it -- give yourself the contract, hire more government people, put private business out of business, and everyone has to come to your organization. One slight problem they don't have the expertise but they moving ahead wasting our tax dollars anyway.

It is time the Air Force was cutting their civilian work force not increasing. Is anyone listening?

More to come on this!

Poll: Majority of Americans Support Cutting Size of Government Workforce
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Joe Schoffstall

CNSNews.com) -- A Rasmussen Reports poll shows that 58 percent of Americans support cutting the size of the government workforce to reduce the deficit, while 22 percent oppose the idea and 19 percent are “not sure.”

The Feb. 5 poll also found that 51 percent support cutting pay for non-military government employees, while 32 percent opposed the idea and 17 percent are not sure.

Roughly three-fifths of Americans (59 percent) believe government workers earn more money than the average taxpayer, according to the poll, while 15 percent believe that they do not, and 26 percent are undecided.

Rank-and-file representatives in the U.S. House receive an annual salary of $174,000, while the Speaker of the House receives $223,000. The majority and minority leaders both claim $193,400 a year.

The rank-and-file senator also makes $174,000 a year while the Majority Party Leader and Minority Party Leader in the Senate both take in $194,400, in 2010.

As for staffers, limits are placed on how much money they can make. As of 2007, the maximum salary for a staffer in a member’s office was $156,000, while committee staffers may be eligible for a slightly higher salary.

Source: CNS