Posted in Constitution, Economic Collapse, Financial Crisis, Government Corruption, Homeschooling, Income Taxes, Inflation, Lobbyists / Special Interests, Public Concerns, Public Schools, Recession / Depression, Republic, State Government, U.S. Government, congress, economy on Jun 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that’s what they want to do.
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Looks like Barack Obama is generating a lot of financial support among the millions of civil servants who will be his executive branch workforce if he wins the White House, according to a new study by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Obama support is especially evident at the U.S. Department of Justice where employees gave more than $268,000 to Obama, compared to just $97,400 to McCain.
At the Department of Defense, McCain got the most, at $127,000, compared to $92,000+ for Obama. It’s interesting that Justice Department employees are more motivated to make a political donation than are Defense Department workers.
My own analysis of the DOJ employees who live in the Washington, D.C. region who sent checks to Obama turned up some interesting names, including those of one special counsel and four federal prosecutors. Among the latter were Michael Ambrosino ($2,350), Kirk Ogrosky ($700), Jay Probahu ($750) and Ian Dewaal ($700).
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