Comments on: Government at Work http://majormike.net/archives/557 Don't take me too seriously. I don't. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: georgette http://majormike.net/archives/557/comment-page-1#comment-16380 georgette Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:01:34 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=557#comment-16380 Hey, I just noticed your cruise date is in 11 days. What's the verdict? The economy has improved so...you still going :?: Hey, I just noticed your cruise date is in 11 days. What’s the verdict? The economy has improved so…you still going :?:

]]> By: Mike http://majormike.net/archives/557/comment-page-1#comment-16379 Mike Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:50:10 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=557#comment-16379 It would have been nice to find out what was produced by the 16 billion dollars. I couldn't find that in my research. (It wasn't extensive research.) My accounting wasn't really bogus, it was hyperbolical...a political trick used by both sides of any issue to lampoon the other side and bolster your imagined case. I just have fun with this stuff. (See my blog subtitle.) It would have been nice to find out what was produced by the 16 billion dollars. I couldn’t find that in my research. (It wasn’t extensive research.)

My accounting wasn’t really bogus, it was hyperbolical…a political trick used by both sides of any issue to lampoon the other side and bolster your imagined case. I just have fun with this stuff. (See my blog subtitle.)

]]> By: Dau. http://majormike.net/archives/557/comment-page-1#comment-16378 Dau. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:37 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=557#comment-16378 HAHAHAHA, Uncle Tim said to watch the sarcasm. Uncle Tim? It's our native language. Heheheheeeeee! :smile: HAHAHAHA, Uncle Tim said to watch the sarcasm. Uncle Tim? It’s our native language. Heheheheeeeee! :smile:

]]> By: Little Brother http://majormike.net/archives/557/comment-page-1#comment-16377 Little Brother Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:20:42 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=557#comment-16377 And happy birthday, by the way! (A little late, but still...) :P And happy birthday, by the way! (A little late, but still…) :P

]]> By: Little Brother http://majormike.net/archives/557/comment-page-1#comment-16376 Little Brother Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:20:12 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=557#comment-16376 Now, now, watch the sarcasm. And the accounting. By that logic, the US Military in 2008 ($668 billion for 1.45 million active-duty personnel) spent over $450,000 per job. A comparative bargain -- but you of all people know what a bogus figure THAT is. Of course, that's still the government running stuff. Let's see how the super-efficient private sector does. Exxon in some recent year had expenses totalling about $360 billion, and 106,000 employees. That's about $3.4 million per employee. Looks like it costs a LOT to create those private-sector jobs! I mean, it's still bogus accounting (like the stimulus figure) but it does make you wonder where all that money goes, huh? Now, now, watch the sarcasm. And the accounting. By that logic, the US Military in 2008 ($668 billion for 1.45 million active-duty personnel) spent over $450,000 per job. A comparative bargain — but you of all people know what a bogus figure THAT is.

Of course, that’s still the government running stuff. Let’s see how the super-efficient private sector does. Exxon in some recent year had expenses totalling about $360 billion, and 106,000 employees. That’s about $3.4 million per employee. Looks like it costs a LOT to create those private-sector jobs! I mean, it’s still bogus accounting (like the stimulus figure) but it does make you wonder where all that money goes, huh?

]]> By: Karen http://majormike.net/archives/557/comment-page-1#comment-16375 Karen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:49:54 +0000 http://majormike.net/?p=557#comment-16375 Where can I apply for one of these jobs with that paycheck! Where can I apply for one of these jobs with that paycheck!

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