tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post5160820965295204869..comments2024-03-28T08:46:15.009-04:00Comments on Fat in Indiana: You are getting heavyJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-69776422174397014122016-09-06T06:17:39.256-04:002016-09-06T06:17:39.256-04:00Teacher, it is not personal. Lots of those governm...Teacher, it is not personal. Lots of those government jobs are necessary. That doesn't change that your salary ( and your taxes) are paid by taking money from me. Teachers, police, and military are necessary.<br /><br />Don't feel bad. I am classified as indirect labor, read "overhead" by my employer. I am just an administrative/sales cost on the corporate balance sheet. Hard working men and women on ne production floor make the goods that pay my wages. <br /><br />Mostly, I am astounded that so very, very many people work for the government. Surely some of the lean principles used in the private sector could be brought to bear to clear out some redundancy? I remember a conversation with my neighbor who happened to be a city councilman. I told him a project was a waste of taxpayer money. He retorted that it wasn't all taxpayer money, the Feds were paying for part of the project. That is the attitude we have to eliminate. <br /><br />Folks go to city hall, the state capital, and Washington and forget that every single penny of the trillions they spend was taken from someone's wages.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-33700916150870276422016-09-05T17:04:40.384-04:002016-09-05T17:04:40.384-04:00Thanks Joe, the view is great from here, under the...Thanks Joe, the view is great from here, under the bus. BTW we local, state and federal workers also pay taxes so that skews things just a tad. I'm hoping your daughter joins me in wishing you a happy Labor Day!hey teacher...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-57222295291111439282016-09-05T09:32:39.863-04:002016-09-05T09:32:39.863-04:00Still scary.Still scary.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-33406944603164240882016-09-05T08:19:38.163-04:002016-09-05T08:19:38.163-04:00History major math skills. Fixed. Thanks.History major math skills. Fixed. Thanks.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-27188750713916097772016-09-05T07:58:11.341-04:002016-09-05T07:58:11.341-04:00I think you meant "just over half", not ...I think you meant "just over half", not "1/10th".Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-40792845373231739942016-09-04T23:07:17.795-04:002016-09-04T23:07:17.795-04:00Astute observations and reporting of statistics. I...Astute observations and reporting of statistics. Its depressing.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com