[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Prime Minister was served 24 different dishes during his first day at the summit – just hours after urging the world to reduce the "unnecessary demand" for food and calling on British families to cut back on their wasteful use of food.

[mattduke]

better title bump

[TommyJefferson]

Many people like government control of how much resources citizens are allowed to consume.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')oday, 46% of government employees say the economy is getting better while just 31% say it’s getting worse. Among those who work in the private sector, the numbers are reversed: 32% say better and 49% worse.

Twenty-four percent (24%) of government employees rate the economy as good or excellent while just nine percent (9%) of those in the private sector are so upbeat.

Fifty-five percent (55%) in the private sector rate the economy as poor, a pessimism shared by 38% of those on the public payroll.

Forty-four percent (44%) of government employees rate their own personal finances as good or excellent while 33% of private sector workers do the same.

Among those on the government payroll, 31% say their finances are getting better, and 40% say they’re getting worse. The comparable private sector numbers are 23% better and 47% worse.

[lonewolf]

Ain't it the truth - I have a sister in the Senior Executive Service (State Dept.). Her hubby is unemployed but they just 'managed' to purchase a $2.5 million home (50_ miles from office each way) without even bothering to list the former one as being for sale or even trying to/planning to rent it. Go figure! Must be nice to pull down $200K/year plus extract every 'benefit package' under the sun and still find time to complain how unfair life is.

[Ainan]

This is why I don't want to start selling some software I made while I'm still living in the UK, taxes are so high. It's not financially worth my time and I'll be basically paying for my own destruction(Ayn Rand style) and to keep the scum above(politicians, upper-middle class public servants) and below(The underclass(Working class who don't work) and ethnic enrichers) alive.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')oday, 46% of government employees say the economy is getting better while just 31% say it’s getting worse. Among those who work in the private sector, the numbers are reversed: 32% say better and 49% worse.

Twenty-four percent (24%) of government employees rate the economy as good or excellent while just nine percent (9%) of those in the private sector are so upbeat.

Fifty-five percent (55%) in the private sector rate the economy as poor, a pessimism shared by 38% of those on the public payroll.

Forty-four percent (44%) of government employees rate their own personal finances as good or excellent while 33% of private sector workers do the same.

Among those on the government payroll, 31% say their finances are getting better, and 40% say they’re getting worse. The comparable private sector numbers are 23% better and 47% worse.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')oday, 46% of government employees say the economy is getting better while just 31% say it’s getting worse. Among those who work in the private sector, the numbers are reversed: 32% say better and 49% worse.

Twenty-four percent (24%) of government employees rate the economy as good or excellent while just nine percent (9%) of those in the private sector are so upbeat.

Fifty-five percent (55%) in the private sector rate the economy as poor, a pessimism shared by 38% of those on the public payroll.

Forty-four percent (44%) of government employees rate their own personal finances as good or excellent while 33% of private sector workers do the same.

Among those on the government payroll, 31% say their finances are getting better, and 40% say they’re getting worse. The comparable private sector numbers are 23% better and 47% worse.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', '
')The tax feeders are fat and happy.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', 'T')he British army have just announced a new weapon. It's called the "Civil Servant" -- It doesn't work, and can't be fired !!

Gasmon

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')imes are tough - very tough - for millions of Americans... but you could never tell by watching the way Congress spends our tax dollars on themselves.

CBS News has a stunning report on the all-expense paid trip at least 20 members of Congress made to the Copenhagen climate summit last month.

The bipartisan delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so large - it needed three military jets - two 737s and a Gulfstream Five. Some members brought along their spouses, children... plus there were also senators and staff members who made the trip to Denmark - most of them flying commercial.

Pelosi wouldn't answer any questions about costs or where they all stayed - even though she was the one who decided who went. Her office says only that it will "comply with disclosure requirements."