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palmab03 said:
Do you think the solution to governmental waste is actually paying more for certain things? Like I'd be cool with the best and the brightest taking over the IRS and other agencies. But not who they get for $60k/yr
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100% yes.
Just up my spending limit to 20k of independent decision making. as it is now, anything over 10k requires the collective brain power of at least 8 different people who all make at least 35 dollars per hour (most of us are many dollars more)... plus a City Council decision, which is so much more in man hours/$. Dumb at best. I do my best every day to affect the efficiencies, but there is only so much process improvement I can try to own by myself for the whole City.
 
palmab03 said:
When talking to the CPA firm dude who handles that part of the tax credit whom I'd never spoken to though, he said the words I've been waiting to hear my entire life:

"So are you an architect? What's your title, you don't sound like an accountant"

You know I always wanted to pretend I was an architect.
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Are you sure this isn't you:

 
Is today the day this finally ends?

Work complaint: It is painfully slow around here... And being in sales, I am 100% on commissions. It has been a rough summer and only getting worse.
 
доброе утро

I suggest the rest of you bone up on your Russian.
 
lbE08 said:
casino, followed by D&B.


as for government 'waste' - no humble brag, just matter of fact: I could make twice as much as I do by going to the private sector. Easy. That being said, I love my 40hr work week and I make enough that I'm not concerned about having enough money. I'm probably in the minority, but that alone (work/life balance) is enough to keep me in government vs. making the leap to private.
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I don't know that you're in the minority with respect to that but it's tough to balance quality work, compensation, and outside financial commitments.

I worked for SSA and the schedule was great but the work was awful and the pay was terrible (they low balled me during the recession).
 
lbE08 said:
100% yes.
Just up my spending limit to 20k of independent decision making. as it is now, anything over 10k requires the collective brain power of at least 8 different people who all make at least 35 dollars per hour (most of us are many dollars more)... plus a City Council decision, which is so much more in man hours/$. Dumb at best. I do my best every day to affect the efficiencies, but there is only so much process improvement I can try to own by myself for the whole City.
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the price you pay for living in a democracy
 
So for Prime Day, why is the cheapest Fire tablet like $30 but the cheapest regular ass Kindle is $50? I don't need a tablet -- I have an iPad -- I just need something for the beach/pool to replace my old 2nd gen Kindle.
 
BarcaDeac said:
So for Prime Day, why is the cheapest Fire tablet like $30 but the cheapest regular ass Kindle is $50? I don't need a tablet -- I have an iPad -- I just need something for the beach/pool to replace my old 2nd gen Kindle.
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Major first world conspicuous consumption problems here.
 
i got a Kindle voyage in February after my old kindle that i'd had for like 7 years broke. the new ones are nice with the auto-back lighting but the battery life now sucks in comparison.
 
It's strange that the run the government like a business crowd doesn't then also want to offer business compensation. So then you are running the government without the government safety net and benefits while also not providing business salaries and look at that you are left with a large group of mediocre people. I mean take IT for example, the government has something like 5 times more IT workers over 60 than under 30, definitely getting the best service with a majority that probably don't even have cell phones.
 
the compensation thing is kind of a myth for state and federal level government employees; they're absurdly compensated when you factor in their holidays, vacation, health insurance and retirement packages, especially if they work in states with pension-type plans.

Local/city level positions you're probably right
 
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