tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7255181174156869081..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Our Tax Dollars at Workmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-18238925065543745352007-12-21T12:57:00.000-06:002007-12-21T12:57:00.000-06:00Oops my calculations were significantly off - it's...Oops my calculations were significantly off - it's closer to $85 an hour on a 25 day month. That is a bit much. That's the thing about big numbers though. Saying someone got paid $85 an hour for 11 months has a lot more impact than saying they got paid $188,000 for 11 months work.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-40082085035976546412007-12-21T12:53:00.000-06:002007-12-21T12:53:00.000-06:00Set aside the value or lack of value of the cards....Set aside the value or lack of value of the cards. $188,000 over 11 months is 17,090 a month. Figuring four 5-day work weeks (or 20 working days - it would probably be a little closer to 25 days) and an 8 hour day, that would amount to about $21.36 an hour. I don't know, what does the IRS pay a union member an hour for clerical work? What you are seeing though is proof that the conservative insistence that the private sector can do things cheaper ain't necessarily so.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-4009814110295286762007-12-21T07:44:00.000-06:002007-12-21T07:44:00.000-06:00Too bad you didn't get that clerical job.Too bad you didn't get that clerical job.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-28175245136287029942007-12-21T01:25:00.000-06:002007-12-21T01:25:00.000-06:00I work for the Air Force. Our new ID cards have co...I work for the Air Force. Our new ID cards have computer chips in them. They are used to get onto our government computers and at the main gate they are scanned to check whether we're terrorists or scofflaws with unpaid tickets. I also use mine to scrape the ice off windshields.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.com